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 its lawyers were unable to enter federal buildings or courthouses, representation of clients before federal courts and agencies would become impossible.
    Fabio Bertoni, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
  • In addition, through diplomatic channels in both Beijing and Tokyo, Japan lodges strong representations and protests, stating that maritime and scientific surveys conducted in our EEZ without Japan's consent are unacceptable and must be immediately stopped.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 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
  • The program was developed through the Producers Guild’s One Guild initiative, which supports inclusive membership, employment, content, and authentic depictions.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
  • These often casual racist depictions lasted well into the 20th century through mediums such as political cartoons, sports commentary and other popular culture.
    Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Other companies, such as BlackSky and Maxar, are providing their own electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) imagery—that is, images in the visible and infrared light spectrums—commercially.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Cinemark will also upgrade its remaining 12 Imax screens to Imax with Laser, a 4K laser projection system developed to deliver the clearest images and best audio through proprietary technology.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • This material is for illustration and discussion purposes and not intended to be, nor construed as, financial, legal, tax or investment advice.
    Katie Stockton, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
  • These illustrations offer a closer look at what’s been completed so far and what’s still to come.
    Neil Nakahodo, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Joyce's nebula scene captures the expanding shell of the supernova remnant CTB 1, also known as both the Garlic Nebula and the Medulla Nebula for its resemblance to both the bulbous plant and the human brain.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Rob even shared a photo of Dream wearing one of his childhood shirts in 2021, and the resemblance was uncanny.
    Emy LaCroix, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Ideograph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ideograph. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.

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