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ideogram
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ideogram has 1 sense
- ideogram(n = noun.communication) ideograph - a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it; "Chinese characters are ideograms" is a kind of character, grapheme, graphic symbol
has particulars: logogram, logograph
has parts: radical
CIDE DICTIONARY
ideogram, n. [Ideo- + -gram; cf. F. idéograme.].
- An original, pictorial element of writing; a kind of hieroglyph expressing no sound, but only an idea. [1913 Webster]"Ideograms may be defined to be pictures intended to represent either things or thoughts." [1913 Webster]"You might even have a history without language written or spoken, by means of ideograms and gesture." [1913 Webster]
- A symbol used for convenience, or for abbreviation; as, 1, 2, 3, +, -, [1913 Webster]
- A phonetic symbol; a letter. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ideogram, n. a character symbolizing the idea of a thing without indicating the sequence of sounds in its name (e.g. a numeral, and many Chinese characters).
Etymology
Gk idea form + -GRAM
THESAURUS
ideogram
allegory, alphabet, arrowhead, art, blueprint, character, charactering, characterization, charactery, chart, choreography, cipher, conventional representation, conventional symbol, cuneiform, dance notation, delineation, demonstration, demotic character, depiction, depictment, determinative, diagram, drama, drawing, emblem, exemplification, figuration, grammalogue, hieratic symbol, hieroglyph, hieroglyphic, hieroglyphics, hiragana, iconography, iconology, ideograph, illustration, imagery, imaging, kana, katakana, letter, limning, logogram, logograph, logotype, love knot, map, musical notation, notation, ogham, phonetic, phonetic symbol, pictogram, pictograph, picturization, plan, portraiture, portrayal, prefigurement, presentment, printing, projection, radical, realization, rendering, rendition, representation, rune, schema, score, script, shorthand, syllabary, symbol, symbolic system, symbolism, symbolization, symbology, tablature, token, totem, totem pole, type, wedge, word letter, writingROGET THESAURUS
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Letter
N letter, character, hieroglyphic, type, capitals, digraph, trigraph, ideogram, ideograph, majuscule, minuscule, majuscule, minuscule, alphabet, ABC, abecedary, christcross-row, consonant, vowel, diphthong, triphthong, mute, liquid, labial, dental, guttural, syllable, monosyllable, dissyllable, polysyllable, affix, suffix, spelling, orthograph, phonography, phonetic spelling, anagrammatism, metagrammatism, cipher, monogram, anagram, doubleacrostic, literal, alphabetical, abecedarian, syllabic, majuscular, minuscular, uncial.
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