Tetragrams

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  1. 1
    plural of tetragram form-of, plural

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figurefoursomemonogramquadranglequartetquaternary

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"On the 27th of March of 2015, I first encounter now the word "tetragram." It is apparently any square-shaped symbol of a complex writing system in the Sinosphere. A sinogram, or sinograph, is a tetragram. It is my first time of learning that term. "Tetra" means four. Japanese Kana are tetragrams, as well as Korean Hangeul, because they are square-shaped, too."

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