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
- : 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.
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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.
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