[zhǐ shì, ㄓˇ ㄕˋ, 指事] ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down; also known as self-explanatory character [Add to Longdo]
[zhǐ shì zì, ㄓˇ ㄕˋ ㄗˋ, 指事字] ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down; also known as self-explanatory character [Add to Longdo]
[ひょういもじ, hyouimoji] ideogram, ideographic character [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Ideogram \I*de"o*gram\, n. [Ideo- + -gram; cf. F. id['e]ograme.]
1. An original, pictorial element of writing; a kind of
hieroglyph expressing no sound, but only an idea.
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Ideograms may be defined to be pictures intended to
represent either things or thoughts. --I. Taylor
(The
Alphabet).
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You might even have a history without language
written or spoken, by means of ideograms and
gesture. --J. Peile.
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2. A symbol used for convenience, or for abbreviation; as, 1,
2, 3, +, -, ?, $, ?, etc.
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3. A phonetic symbol; a letter.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ideogram
n 1: a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing
without indicating the sounds used to say it; "Chinese
characters are ideograms" [syn: {ideogram}, {ideograph}]
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