[ noun ] a single written symbol that represents an entire word or phrase without indicating its pronunciation <noun.communication> 7 is a logogram that is pronounced `seven' in English and `nanatsu' in Japanese
Logogram \Log"o*gram\, n. [Gr. lo`gos word + -gram.] A word letter; a phonogram, that, for the sake of brevity, represents a word; as, |, i. e., t, for it. Cf. {Grammalogue}.