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Recent Examples of ideogram
This erroneous belief that all Chinese characters are ideograms — symbols that express ideas directly, without language — remains widespread today in the West.
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Andrea Long Chu,
Vulture,
6 May 2025
The encrusted object clearly qualified as cultural property, even more so when the treasure hunters cleaned it up, revealing that the shining chunk was actually an ingot stamped with Chinese ideograms.
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Lauren Collins,
The New Yorker,
22 July 2024
And as a sign of the ideogram’s lasting appeal, Hadid was photographed in New York City earlier this week wearing a cropped T-shirt with the yellow icon — albeit the brand was unknown.
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Rosemary Feitelberg,
WWD,
11 July 2024
The artist’s small paintings are as dense and provocative as his large ones — tiny worlds full of ideograms, like tarot cards.
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Cate McQuaid,
BostonGlobe.com,
9 May 2023
However, using numbers is not allowed under those rules, and using pictures, like an emoji or ideogram, in a name is expressly forbidden.
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Caitlin O'Kane,
CBS News,
26 May 2020
Much like the previous set introduced last year, Emoji 13.0 promotes inclusion and diversity, with ideograms of gender-neutral brides and grooms, Santa Claus, and bottle-feeding parents in various skin tones.
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cleveland,
30 Jan. 2020
Luxurious hotels, casinos, and nightclubs merge with gray buildings, European remains, and Taoist temples, in a city full of ideogram signs, and unmistakable smells and sounds.
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Popular Science,
21 Jan. 2020
Andrea Long Chu,
Vulture,
6 May 2025
The encrusted object clearly qualified as cultural property, even more so when the treasure hunters cleaned it up, revealing that the shining chunk was actually an ingot stamped with Chinese ideograms.
—
Lauren Collins,
The New Yorker,
22 July 2024
And as a sign of the ideogram’s lasting appeal, Hadid was photographed in New York City earlier this week wearing a cropped T-shirt with the yellow icon — albeit the brand was unknown.
—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
WWD,
11 July 2024
The artist’s small paintings are as dense and provocative as his large ones — tiny worlds full of ideograms, like tarot cards.
—
Cate McQuaid,
BostonGlobe.com,
9 May 2023
However, using numbers is not allowed under those rules, and using pictures, like an emoji or ideogram, in a name is expressly forbidden.
—
Caitlin O'Kane,
CBS News,
26 May 2020
Much like the previous set introduced last year, Emoji 13.0 promotes inclusion and diversity, with ideograms of gender-neutral brides and grooms, Santa Claus, and bottle-feeding parents in various skin tones.
—
cleveland,
30 Jan. 2020
Luxurious hotels, casinos, and nightclubs merge with gray buildings, European remains, and Taoist temples, in a city full of ideogram signs, and unmistakable smells and sounds.
—
Popular Science,
21 Jan. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ideogram
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Organizations that successfully fought for voting rights, educational opportunity, and political representation did not always cultivate the next generation of leadership with the same effectiveness.
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The broadcast journalist, whose firing in early June from the newsmagazine made national headlines, has signed with CAA for representation, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
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Some examples took more direct cues—such as the collectible Egyptian Pattern bracelets and brooches similar to 1924 examples depicting hieroglyphs.
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Pieces of papyrus or stone, with hieroglyphs sometimes incomplete, were recreated as a precious trio of clips, each with Fragment in their name.
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All of those things might be present in a single realistic depiction of abuse, but a reader might fail to see the same nuance in such a story.
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But Comer and Jackman’s roles reverse the ballad’s depictions.
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Cops released an image of him aboard the bus wearing a white hoodie and are asking the public’s help tracking him down.
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Some satellite images even show evidence of fire damage, consistent with reports of firefighters supporting the emergency response.
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Disneyland park maps are probably the most common free souvenirs at the Disney theme park that include celebration buttons, character stickers, Autopia driver’s licenses, Indiana Jones hieroglyphics decoder cards, Animation Academy character drawings and Oga’s Cantina cocktail coasters.
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Egyptian hieroglyphics indicate that the art of sugar confectionery was established at least 3,000 years ago.
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The Yashica Boy version features the brand’s sailor mascot, inspired by classic Japanese illustration and seaside adventure.
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The military cooperation is a stark illustration of the recent reversal in the relationship between the US and Venezuela.
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Vexed by the story, Gonzalez created acontemporary portrait of Katteuha.
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This is the portrait of then-General George Washington at Valley Forge, praying for guidance when the fight for America's independence seemed lost.
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“Ideogram.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ideogram. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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