logogram

/ˈlɒɡ.əˌɡɹæm/

Etymology

From logo- + -gram.

logogram means A character or symbol (usually nonalphanumeric) that represents a word or phrase. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.

Why this word is great

LOGOGRAM — [Noun] A written character or symbol that represents an entire word or phrase directly, rather than representing a sound. From the Greek logos ("word, speech") and gramma ("something written, letter"). Unlike "logograph" (which may tether itself to a morpheme, the smallest unit of meaning) or "ideogram" (which aims for a concept, free of linguistic binds), a logogram is a pact between a specific shape and a specific spoken word. It is the stark, angular # for "number," the authoritative crimson circle of a "STOP" sign, and the dense, ancient weight of the Chinese character 山 (shān) for "mountain"—each a visual fortress of meaning, a fixed island in the fluid river of speech, proving the most permanent words are those etched in silence.

noun

A character or symbol (usually nonalphanumeric) that represents a word or phrase.“Near-synonyms: (polysemic, sometimes synonymous) lexigram; lexigraph”
A kind of word puzzle: a logogriph.