Logographic Writing System

Firstly, I want to start with morpheme. What is morpheme? Morpheme is thesmallest unit in languages which has some meanings. In logographic writing system, there are lots of signs and they are representing morphemes. Thus, every logograms or symbols in logographic system usually represent an idea or sometimes might represent words or part of words. The most common example for logographic system language is Chinese. There are also some other languages which are or were used this system such as Khitan, Mixtec, Jurchen and Tangut.

For example at this picture, there are some symbols that each of them represent one word:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you want to read more information about this writing system here is the link which includes its advantages and disadvantages: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozideas/writchin.htm