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
  • Now, the one-year grace period for the act’s mandatory registration requirements has ended, meaning agencies must be registered as model management companies or groups with the New York Department of Labor (NYDL) to better enable models to discern legitimate representation.
    Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 19 June 2026
  • Mbiya has friends and representation living in France.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • Pieces of papyrus or stone, with hieroglyphs sometimes incomplete, were recreated as a precious trio of clips, each with Fragment in their name.
    Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 9 June 2026
  • Go for a stroll on the water line at night or early morning and hopefully tracks will present themselves, flipper marks and a solid line for the shell, like hieroglyphs.
    Eric Barton, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • One of Miami’s oldest Black communities, Overtown is a cautionary tale and a resounding depiction of the resiliency.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 15 June 2026
  • The celebration ended with a fireworks display along the lakefront that included a fiery depiction of the American flag.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2026
Noun
  • Video and images of about 150 strikes against Russian fuel tankers, trucks and other vehicles have been geolocated and analyzed by French open-source analyst Clément Molin and the volunteer-run OSINT group Geoconfirmed, as well as CNN’s OSINT team.
    Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN Money, 20 June 2026
  • This is the first time the public has seen the still images and video, as no cameras were allowed inside the courtroom during the trial.
    Matthew Davisson, CBS News, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • 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.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
  • Egyptian hieroglyphics indicate that the art of sugar confectionery was established at least 3,000 years ago.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • To me, World Cup ticket prices are a striking illustration of how deep this reality has become.
    Stefan Szymanski, Fortune, 12 June 2026
  • But this week in Tennessee, more than 500 miles away from Washington, DC, officials quietly unveiled a far more revealing illustration of the US president’s future architectural legacy.
    Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 12 June 2026
Noun
  • MacFarlane knew the audience wasn’t expecting an exact resemblance but still wanted to get as close as possible.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 16 June 2026
  • The workspace from which Hugo runs the liberation group bears a peculiar resemblance to a movie studio.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 16 June 2026

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“Ideograph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ideograph. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.

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