word-sign

noun

: a visual or tactile symbol or group of symbols representing a word: such as

a

: a single character used to represent a word in a regular system of writing : logogram

the word-signs used in Egyptian hieroglyphic writing

b

: a stroke or simple character used in shorthand as a brief way of representing a word of frequent occurrence or a derivative of such a word

c

: a braille character of one cell or two cells that can stand for a whole word

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