Jelks Cabaniss wrote:

>
> 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.

General-purpose dictionaries are useless for definitions of technical
terms used technically.
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...