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Recent Examples of ideograph
To integrate that useful principle into his encoding scheme, Zhi decided to index characters by their components—the simpler characters within each ideograph—using the first letter of each component’s pinyin spelling.
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Jing Tsu, Wired, 23 Jan. 2022
Jing Tsu, Wired, 23 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ideograph
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This erroneous belief that all Chinese characters are ideograms — symbols that express ideas directly, without language — remains widespread today in the West.—
Andrea Long Chu,
Vulture,
6 May 2025
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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
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The Orange Is the New Black alum stressed the importance of trans and non-binary representation in the mainstream theater world.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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Without stretching their budget, travelers can enjoy 22 miles of pristine coastline or cross the bridge to hop on a shuttle with Explore Jax Core Tours, where the city’s history, culture, and future unfold through vivid storytelling and physical representation.—
Essence,
Essence,
7 Nov. 2025
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The dress was designed by industry icon Ruth E. Carter in various hues of vibrant purples (the color that signifies royalty) with Wakandan hieroglyphs in golden threads woven down the center and sides.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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Crucially, these dates correspond to important dynastic events that the hieroglyphs omit — filling in the puzzle pieces scholars had been missing.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Sep. 2025
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Where the film succeeds is in its depiction of John and Greta as pawns of larger societal forces.—
Sarah Weinman,
Rolling Stone,
9 Nov. 2025
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These findings are at odds with Newsom’s constant depiction of California as an inspiring, pace-setting place with the fourth-largest economy in the world.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
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In places like Kemusuk, a village near Yogyakarta where he was born, his image is everywhere – from museum memorabilia celebrating his life to the souvenir T-shirts with his smiling face.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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In this image, Johns sits on a table littered with liquor bottles.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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Plumage has been in fashion since ancient Egypt, when ostrich feathers were used to decorate fans and even appeared in hieroglyphics.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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For its research, the gallery relies on a vast collection of auction catalogues and sales documents dating back decades, and also has scientists, academics and Egyptologists on call to help with examining objects and translating hieroglyphics.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
14 Oct. 2025
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Over time, from edition to edition, the aesthetic of its illustrations changed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Paramount Global and Skydance logos are seen in this illustration taken December 17, 2024.—
Lillian Rizzo,
CNBC,
10 Nov. 2025
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That Bezos up on stage bore a strong resemblance to the one who attended high school in Miami.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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First, the aircraft’s fuselage emerged from inside a specialized cargo plane, known as an Airbus Beluga because of its resemblance to beluga whales.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Ideograph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ideograph. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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