ideo·gram /ˈɪdiəˌgræm, ˈaɪ-/
  表意文字
  ideogram
  表意文字
  I·de·o·gram n.
  1. An original, pictorial element of writing; a kind of hieroglyph expressing no sound, but only an idea.
     Ideograms may be defined to be pictures intended to represent either things or thoughts.   --I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
     You might even have a history without language written or spoken, by means of ideograms and gesture.   --J. Peile.
  2. A symbol used for convenience, or for abbreviation; as, 1, 2, 3, +, -, ░, $, ░, etc.
  3. A phonetic symbol; a letter.
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  ideogram
       n : a graphic character used in ideography [syn: ideograph]