ideogram
ideogram — 名詞
- ideogramsingular
- ideogramsplural
1. a written character in some scripts, like Chinese, that conveys a complete idea
表意文字
直接表達概念而非發音的書寫符號
a written character in some scripts, like Chinese, that conveys a complete idea or object without indicating pronunciation
Lauren pointed to the Chinese ideogram for 'water' on the restaurant menu.
Lauren 指著菜單上代表「水」的中文表意文字。
ideogram for a concrete object — meaning is visual, not phonetic
The museum guide explained how ancient Egyptian ideograms developed over three thousand years.
博物館導覽員解釋了古埃及表意文字如何在三千年間發展演變。
Sora copied each Japanese ideogram carefully with a brush and black ink.
Sora 用毛筆和黑墨小心翼翼地臨摹每一個日文表意文字。
The sign at the temple gate displayed an ideogram that meant 'silence.'
寺廟門口的標示上有一個代表「安靜」的表意文字。
Hamza found that learning ideograms was easier than remembering long strings of letters.
Hamza 發現學習表意文字比記住一長串字母來得容易。
- phonogram
a written symbol that represents a sound rather than an idea or object
文法句型
an ideogram for [something]
an ideogram of [something]
ideogram + in [a writing system]
用法筆記
Distinguish from logogram, which represents a specific word rather than a general idea, and from pictogram, which is a simplified picture used mainly in public signs and instructions rather than in a full writing system.