Definitions for ideogram

ideogram id·e·o·gram

Spelling: [id-ee-uh-gram, ahy-dee-]
IPA: /ˈɪd i əˌgræm, ˈaɪ di-/

Ideogram is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 398 anagrams from letters in ideogram (adegimor).

Definitions for ideogram

noun

  1. a written symbol that represents an idea or object directly rather than a particular word or speech sound, as a Chinese character.
  2. a written symbol, as 7, =, or &; a logogram.

Origin of ideogram

First recorded in 1830-40; ideo- + -gram1

Examples for ideogram

An-na, ideogram for the god of heaven, plus phonetic complement.

Further evidence to the same effect is given by the ancient writing, in which the ideogram for king was a star.

H” gives us a picture of a reed, the late cuneiform character being the ideogram for “kanu” which means a “reed.

"The ideogram for one, consisting of a single horizontal stroke, separates (and simultaneously unites) heaven and earth" (p. 5).

The idea conveyed by what we call the conjunction "and" is expressed in Chinese by an ideogram, viz.

The ideogram does not represent a word; it represents an idea.

The common Sumerian ideogram for the name of the Tigris is al-al, an intensified form of al, which means “running” or “rushing”.

The next step forward is the development of the ideogram into the phonogram, or sound sign.

As the god Bin was also called Rimmon, the ideogram of the name may be read one way or the other.

Applied to a settlement, the ideogram would be the equivalent of our 'Fishtown.'

Word Value for ideogram
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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