phonogram

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
phonogram
    n 1: any written symbol standing for a sound or syllable or
         morpheme or word
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Phonogram \Pho"no*gram\, n. [Phono- + -gram.]
   1. A letter, character, or mark used to represent a
      particular sound.
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            Phonograms are of three kinds: (1) Verbal signs,
            which stand for entire words; (2) Syllabic signs,
            which stand for the articulations of which words are
            composed; (3) Alphabetic signs, or letters, which
            represent the elementary sounds into which the
            syllable can be resolved.             --I. Taylor
                                                  (The
                                                  Alphabet).
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A record of sounds made by a phonograph.
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