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=== Logographic writing systems === | === Logographic writing systems === | ||
A logogram is a single written character which represents a complete grammatical word or a [[morpheme]]. Most Chinese characters are classified as logograms. Because each character represents a meaningful part of a word rather than a sound, a vast number of logograms are needed to write a language. Therefore, learning a logographic system requires memorizing thousands of characters. | A logogram is a single written character which represents a complete grammatical word or a [[morpheme]]. Most Chinese characters are classified as logograms. Because each character represents a meaningful part of a word rather than a sound, a vast number of logograms are needed to write a language. Therefore, learning a logographic system requires memorizing thousands of characters. | ||