ideograph
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Chinese takeaways included writing systems of Chinese ideographs, philosophies such as Confucianism, religions such as Buddhism, medical techniques such as acupuncture, literary classics, martial arts and more.
From Washington Times • Jan. 26, 2023
“The emoji themselves are ideographs, one of the most ancient ways to communicate,” she said.
From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2016
Texted communication is in the process of turning written English communication from a logical language of phonetic word depictions, to a series of ideographs.
From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2016
With his royal brush the Son of Heaven had painted ideographs meaning: I muse on the strength of the rocks Enduring the ceaseless beating of the waves On the rugged shores.
From Time Magazine Archive
The other troublesome word was “here,” no strong consonant to hang on to, and so flat, when “here” is two mountainous ideographs.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
Vocabulary lists containing ideograph
East Asia - Middle School
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East Asia - Introductory
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East Asia - High School
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