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An ideogram or ideograph (from Greek + ) is a symbol that is used within a given writing system to represent an idea or concept in a given language. (Ideograms are contrasted with phonograms, which indicate sounds of speech and thus are independent of any particular language.) Some ideograms are more arbitrary than others: some are only meaningful assuming preexisting familiarity with some convention; others more directly resemble their signifieds. Ideograms that represent physical objects by visually illustrating them are called pictograms.
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An ideogram is a symbol in a writing system that represents an idea or concept directly, rather than representing the sounds of speech like regular letters do. They matter because they can communicate meaning across language barriers—some ideograms visually resemble what they represent (called pictograms), while others require familiarity with specific conventions to be understood.
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