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Answer for the clue "Any written symbol standing for a sound or syllable or morpheme or word ", 9 letters:
phonogram

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. any written symbol standing for a sound or syllable or morpheme or word

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context linguistics English) A group of letters which share the same letter combination associated with a sound, such as rhyme words. 2 (context legal English) An audio recording.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A phonogram is a grapheme (written character) which represents a phoneme (speech sound) or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana . For example, "igh" is an English-language phonogram that represents the ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1845, "a written symbol," from phono- + -gram . From 1879 as "a sound recording."

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Phonogram \Pho"no*gram\, n. [Phono- + -gram.] A letter, character, or mark used to represent a particular sound. Phonograms are of three kinds: (1) Verbal signs, which stand for entire words; (2) Syllabic signs, which stand for the articulations of which ...

Usage examples of phonogram.

His study of the Chinese phonograms at length resulted in the transformation of his careworn face by a slowly dawning smile, the gleeful smile of a mischief-loving child.