ideogram

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id·e·o·gram /ˈɪdiəɡræm/ (also ideograph /-ɡrɑːf $ -ɡræf/) noun [countable]  SLa written sign, for example in Chinese, that represents an idea or thing rather than the sound of a word 表意文字〔如汉字〕；表意符号 → hieroglyphics

Examples from the Corpus

ideogram• Gorphal picked up the parchment and raised one eyebrow slightly when he saw the familiar ideograms of the Golden Empire.Origin ideogram (1800-1900) Greek idea ( → IDEA) + English -gram

id·e·o·gram nounChineseSyllable  

Corpus that Chinese, a for in example written sign,

ideogram
id‧e‧o‧gram /ˈɪdiəɡræm/ (also id‧e‧o‧graph /-ɡrɑːf $ -ɡræf/) noun [countable]a written sign, for example in Chinese, that represents an idea or thing rather than the sound of a word ⇨ hieroglyphics

ideo·gramBrE /ˈɪdiəɡræm/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɪdiəɡræm/ 🔊 (also ideo·graph BrE /ˈɪdiəɡrɑːf/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈɪdiəɡræf/ 🔊) noun

a symbol that is used in a writing system, for example Chinese, to represent the idea of a thing, rather than the sounds of a word 表意文字（或符号）(specialist) a sign or a symbol for sth 表意标志；表意符号