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单词 ideogram
释义

ideogram

/ˈɪdɪə(ʊ)ɡram / /ˈʌɪdɪə(ʊ)ɡram/
noun
A character symbolizing the idea of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it. Examples include numerals and Chinese characters.Perhaps there is a sound that goes with the symbol, as with Chinese ideograms; maybe there are multiple sounds also with Chinese ideograms as they are rendered orally in diverse dialects....
  • With tens of thousands of Japanese characters - or kanji, based on Chinese ideograms - to choose from, the possibilities would seem limitless.
  • Early written characters were based on pictograms and ideograms; it is commonly believed that pictograms appeared before ideograms.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Greek idea 'form' + -gram1.

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