pictographic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pictograph +‎ -ic

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˌpɪktəˈɡɹæfɪk/

Adjective[edit]

pictographic (not comparable)

  1. Represented by pictures.
  2. Of or pertaining to pictographs.

Noun[edit]

pictographic (plural pictographics)

  1. A pictograph or hieroglyph.
    • 1991, Timothy D. Huang, Jack K. T. Huang, An Introduction To Chinese, Japanese And Korean Computing, page 44:
      Only two words in English possess a bare minimum resemblance to that of pictographics: eye (two es are the eyes, and the y is the nose) and bed (two vertical strokes from b and d compose the frame of the bed).
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