"the majority of Jurchen signs, which included both semantograms and phonograms, were inventions."
Source: wiktionary
Semantogram
//sɪˈmæn.tə.ɡɹæm//
Synonyms for "semantogram" (4 found)
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One could write OJ namyi ‘wave’ with the sinograph for a Chinese morpheme of similar meaning: 波 EMC *pa ‘wave.’ 波 *pa ‘wave’ would then be a semantogram for OJ namyi, serving as a translation of OJ namyi without representing its sound.
Source: wiktionary
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