morphogram

English

Etymology

From morpho- +‎ -gram.

Noun

morphogram (plural morphograms)

  1. (linguistics) A character or symbol (grapheme) that represents a morpheme.
    Coordinate terms: phonogram, logogram
    • 2022, Gordian Schreiber, Japanese Morphography: Deconstructing Hentai Kanbun, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 28:
      As can be seen in the example, small-sized phonograms can sometimes give the full phonetic value of the preceding morphogram, as in firu 晝ヒル "daytime."
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