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形意文字
Sign in to saveAn 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.
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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- symbol
- Image
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- used by
- ideographic writing system
- different from
- logogram
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- Ideograms
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- contributing factor of
- grapheme
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语言学上，形意符号（ideogram，ideograph）亦称表意符号、形意图、表意图、表意字、表意文字，简称意符，是一种图形符号，只代表一定。 形意符号不是一种代表语言的语素或语音的文字系统；换句话说，这种文字系统并不能用于记录语言。表意符号是文字萌芽时期的产物，是相当原始的，可以分为四个层次：刻符、岩画、文字画和图画字。由于表意符号不能记录任何语言，因此它仅在文字原始时期使用。当文字史进入古典时期后，语素文字（如汉字）便取而代之了。
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