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lexigraph
lexigraph
English
Noun
lexigraph (plural lexigraphs)
- A lexigram or ideograph, a graphical depiction of a single word.
- 2006, Noël J. Nickson and Laurence E. R. Picken, Music from the Tang Court: Some Ancient Connections Explored , ISBN 1397805218, page 50:
- "Be that as it may, it is certain that the lexigraph for hayashi is not a Japanese creation, but a nowadays-forgotten Chinese character..."
- 2006, James A.W. Heffernan, "Speaking for Pictures" in Writing and Seeing: Essays on Word and Image , ISBN 9042016981, page 43:
- "He does not want them to be read as we might read a lexigraph, a postmodern painting of words such as Joseph Kosuth's red..."
- 2006, Noël J. Nickson and Laurence E. R. Picken, Music from the Tang Court: Some Ancient Connections Explored , ISBN 1397805218, page 50:
Derived terms
See also
- semasiograph
- logogram