- orthography, writing system - a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols
--1 is a kind of writing
--1 has parts: word division, hyphenation; punctuation, punctuation mark
--1 has members: punctuation; hyphenation
--1 has particulars:script; spelling; picture writing; alphabetic writing, alphabetic script; boustrophedon; Linear A; ideography; hieroglyph, hieroglyphic; point system