ideogram

/id-ee-uh-gram, ahy-dee-/US // ˈɪd i əˌgræm, ˈaɪ di- //UK // (ˈɪdɪəʊˌɡræm) //

象形文字,象形图,意识形态,表意符号

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : a written symbol that represents an idea or object directly rather than a particular word or speech sound, as a Chinese character.
- : a written symbol, as 7, =, or &; a logogram.

As Norah heads inland she will come across various symbols and ideograms on the surfaces of walls and objects which she’ll jot down in a notebook.
The common Sumerian ideogram for the name of the Tigris is al-al, an intensified form of al, which means “running” or “rushing”.
An-na, ideogram for the god of heaven, plus phonetic complement.
H” gives us a picture of a reed, the late cuneiform character being the ideogram for “kanu” which means a “reed.
Applied to a settlement, the ideogram would be the equivalent of our 'Fishtown.'
Further evidence to the same effect is given by the ancient writing, in which the ideogram for king was a star.