Hypertext Webster Gateway: "phonogram"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Phonogram \Pho"no*gram\, n. [Phono- + -gram.]
1. 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 words are
composed; (3) Alphabetic signs, or letters, which
represent the elementary sounds into which the
syllable can be resolved. --I. Taylor
(The
Alphabet).

2. A record of sounds made by a phonograph.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

phonogram
n : any written symbol standing for a sound or syllable or
morpheme or word

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