ideograph

[ id-ee-uh-graf, -grahf, ahy-dee- ]

/ ˈɪd i əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf, ˈaɪ di- /

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noun

an ideogram.

Origin of ideograph

First recorded in 1825–35; ideo- + -graph

OTHER WORDS FROM ideograph

id·e·o·graph·ic

[id-ee-uh-graf-ik, ahy-dee-] /ˌɪd i əˈgræf ɪk, ˌaɪ di-/, id·e·o·graph·i·cal, adjective id·e·o·graph·i·cal·ly, adverb un·id·e·o·graph·ic, adjective un·id·e·o·graph·i·cal, adjective

un·id·e·o·graph·i·cal·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH ideograph

ideograph idiograph

Words nearby ideograph

identity sign, identity theft, identity theory, ideo-, ideogram, ideograph, ideography, ideokinetic apraxia, ideological, ideologist, ideologize

Example sentences from the Web for ideograph

A difficulty, however, arises through the circumstance that the element Gir in the name Gir-ra is itself an ideograph.

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria |Morris Jastrow
Merodach's ideograph is the sun, and there is abundant evidence that he was first and last a solar god.

Myths & Legends of Babylonia & Assyria |Lewis Spence
It will be noticed that the ideograph looks like a water field in four compartments.

The Foundations of Japan |J.W. Robertson Scott
Some Japanese newspapers have undertaken to limit themselves in the use of the ideograph.

Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic |Sidney L. Gulick

Ideograph′ic, -al, representing ideas by pictures, or directly instead of words.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) |Various

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BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

ideograph

noun

Origin of ideograph

OTHER WORDS FROM ideograph

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH ideograph

Words nearby ideograph

Words related to ideograph

Example sentences from the Web for ideograph