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Noun: ideograph  'i-dee-u,grãf
  1. A graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it
    "Chinese characters are ideographs";
    - ideogram

Derived forms: ideographs

Type of: character, graph, grapheme, graphic symbol

Part of: ideographic script

Encyclopedia: Ideograph