ideograph

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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. Jing Tsu, Wired, 23 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ideograph
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • If the talent agency signing comes to pass, Norwood will be one of the first AI generated actresses to get representation with a talent agency, traditionally working with real-life stars.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The film’s chilling representation of American politics may be an unintentional departure from the novel’s more whimsical energy.
    Andrew McGowan, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • The same message in hieroglyphs, Demotic and Greek allowed researchers to decode the images as language, but the new discovery is a bit different.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Carpentier added spectacular lore to prior depictions of the king to explain why most of Christophe’s men turned against him in the end.
    Marlene L. Daut September 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
  • It’s marked by idealized depictions of rural life and landscapes, presenting a simpler and more innocent way of living, often imagined for the benefit of urban audiences.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Back then—those heady, almost nostalgic days leading up to the NCAA adopting its interim name, image and likeness policy—the Uniform Law Commission (ULC) had assembled a task force to draft model NIL legislation for states to plug and play.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 22 Sep. 2025
  • At Tibet’s Jiama copper mine, a powerful electromagnetic survey produced high-resolution images more than 9,840 feet (3,000 meters) below the surface.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The glass, etched with descriptions in Greek and hieroglyphics, was a foundation plate that said the temple was dedicated to the goddess Isis.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The museum, set on an 11-acre campus, will feature pieces showing how humans have used art to tell stories throughout history, including comics, sketches, murals, paintings, hieroglyphics, sculptures, movie props and costumes, and more.
    Kristen Taketa, Mercury News, 28 July 2025
Noun
  • In this photo illustration, the Luxshare Precision company logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen.
    Dylan Butts, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Photo-illustration by Newsweek/Getty Political analysts say the shift reflects how affluent Americans experience the economy differently than most voters.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Further investigation into a chalk underdrawing of ‘The Night Watch,’ using macro X-ray florescence scans, showed even more resemblances between the two dogs.
    Senay Boztas, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
  • None of the three contests the Panthers have played bear much of a resemblance to each other.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 25 Sep. 2025

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“Ideograph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ideograph. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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