Re: phonetic-based requirements (was: Re: phoneticism. phonemicism,

John Jenkins wrote:

>> I think it's a given that we acknowledge that there are "phonetic"
>> components to Han logograms (hrm.. will this be a safe term to
>> use?)

> Nah. I think I dislike the term "logogram" about as much as Peter
> dislikes "ideograph."

dictionary.com gives the first definition of "logogram" as ...

A written symbol representing an entire spoken word without
expressing its pronunciation; for example, for 4 read "four"
in English, "quattro" in Italian.

Then adds ...

Also called ideogram, logograph.

> (This is one of the many reasons why Unicode sticks with "ideograph."
> It doesn't favor one nomenclature or another because everybody hates
> it.)

/Jelks