a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it;
"Chinese characters are ideograms"
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用作名词(n.)
Despite its transformation from pictograms to phono-semantic compounds, it is generally ideograph.汉字由象形文字演变成兼表音义的意音文字，但总的体系仍属表意文字。
As one kind of unique ideograph, Chinese characters still have retained the profound anthropology information and the cultural connotation through the number millennium.摘要汉字作为一种独特的表意文字，历经数千年，仍然保留着深远的人类学信息和文化内涵。
Despite its transformation from pictograms to phono-semantic compounds, it is generally ideograph.汉字由象形文字演变成兼表音义的意音文字，但总的体系仍属表意文字。
