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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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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- symbol
- Image
- Comparative evolution of Cuneiform, Egyptian and Chinese characters.jpg
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- used by
- ideographic writing system
- different from
- logogram
- Commons category
- Ideograms
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- contributing factor of
- grapheme
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