🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

字母组合

Native Script:中文汉字

Pronunciation / Transliteration: zì mǔ zǔ hé

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Monogram/ˈmɒn.ə.ɡræm/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这件衬衫上绣有他的姓名首字母组合。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A motif or logo made by overlapping or combining two or more letters to form a single symbol.

    "The bride and groom embroidered their new initials in an elegant monogram on the wedding linens."
  2. 2

    A sacred abbreviation or cipher representing a holy name, such as the Greek monogram for Jesus (IHS or JHS).

    "The stone altar featured a delicate carved monogram symbolizing Christ."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Greek words monos (meaning single or alone) and gramma (meaning letter or writing), entering English in the mid-17th century. Historically used as a royal signature, artist's mark, or religious abbreviation like JHS, it evolved to signify any cipher composed of two or more intertwined letters.

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