a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it;
"Chinese characters are ideograms"
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用作名词 (n.)
Despite its transformation from pictograms to phono-semantic compounds, it is generally ideograph. 汉字由象形文字演变成兼表音义的意音文字,但总的体系仍属表意文字。
As one kind of unique ideograph, Chinese characters still have retained the profound anthropology information and the cultural connotation through the number millennium. 摘要汉字作为一种独特的表意文字,历经数千年,仍然保留着深远的人类学信息和文化内涵。
Despite its transformation from pictograms to phono-semantic compounds, it is generally ideograph. 汉字由象形文字演变成兼表音义的意音文字,但总的体系仍属表意文字。