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Ideograph

Same as Ideogram.

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Character 76% connected

A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol.

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graph 76% connected

A diagram representing data or a set of equations

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Logogram 76% connected

A word letter; a phonogram, that, for the sake of brevity, represents a word; as, |, i. e., t, for it. Cf. Grammalogue.

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Radical 70% connected

Of or pertaining to the root; proceeding directly from the root.

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Ideogram 92% connected

An original, pictorial element of writing; a kind of hieroglyph expressing no sound, but only an idea.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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