pictography


pic·to·graph

P0290500 (pĭk′tə-grăf′)n.1. A picture representing a word, phrase, or idea, especially one used in early writing systems.2. A pictorial representation of numerical data or relationships, especially a graph, but having each value represented by a proportional number of pictures. In both senses also called pictogram.
[Latin pictus, past participle of pingere, to paint; see peig- in Indo-European roots + -graph.]
pic′to·graph′ic adj.pic′to·graph′i·cal·ly adv.pic·tog′ra·phy (pĭk-tŏg′rə-fē) n.

pic′ture writ`ing


n. a method or system of recording events or expressing ideas by pictures or pictorial symbols. [1735–45]

pictography

the use of pictorial symbols to communicate; picture writing with symbols that may be either ideographic or phonetic in function. — pictograph, n. — pictographic, adj.See also: Writing