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pictograph

/pik-tuh-graf, -grahf/US // ˈpɪk təˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf //UK // (ˈpɪktəˌɡrɑːf, -ˌɡræf) //

象形文字,象形图画,象形字,象形图

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a pictorial sign or symbol.
    • : a record consisting of pictorial symbols, as a prehistoric cave drawing or a graph or chart with symbolic figures representing a certain number of people, cars, factories, etc.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • The other pictograph shows one or more rectangular layers filled with dots, and means tlalli, or “earth.”

  • And the common pictograph to represent the Arikara among all the surrounding tribes was a conventionalised ear of corn.

  • Fig. 214 is an Ojibwa pictograph found in Schoolcraft, I, pl.

  • The Ojibwa pictograph for sun is seen in Fig. 169, taken from Schoolcraft, loc.

  • Fig. 211 is an Ojibwa pictograph taken from Schoolcraft, loc.

  • First, it is simply a representation of an object or a phenomenon, that is, a pictograph.