Ideogram

An ideogram or ideograph (from Greek idéa 'idea' + gráphō 'to write') is a symbol that represents an idea or concept, either within a given writing system to represent language, where ideographs are contrasted with phonograms that indicate sounds of speech^[1] – or independent of any particular language.^[2] Some ideograms are more arbitrary than others: some are only meaningful assuming preexisting familiarity with some convention; others more directly resemble their signifieds. Ideograms that represent physical objects by visually illustrating them are called pictograms.^[3]^[4]

Numerals and mathematical symbols are ideograms, for example ⟨1⟩ 'one', ⟨2⟩ 'two', ⟨+⟩ 'plus', and ⟨=⟩ 'equals'.
The ampersand ⟨&⟩ is used in many languages to represent the word and, originally a stylized ligature of the Latin word et.
Other typographical examples include ⟨§⟩ 'section', ⟨€⟩ 'euro', ⟨£⟩ 'pound sterling', and ⟨©⟩ 'copyright'.

^ Hornby, Albert Sydney (1989). "ideograph". In Cowie, Anthony Paul (ed.). Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary. Oxford University Press. p. 616. ISBN 0-19-431136-8.
^ Robertson (2004), pp. 25–27, 38.
^ Robertson (2004), pp. 25–27.
^ pictography at the Encyclopædia Britannica

[1] Hornby, Albert Sydney (1989). "ideograph". In Cowie, Anthony Paul (ed.). Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary. Oxford University Press. p. 616. ISBN 0-19-431136-8.

[FOOTNOTERobertson200425–27,_38-2] Robertson (2004), pp. 25–27, 38.

[FOOTNOTERobertson200425–27-3] Robertson (2004), pp. 25–27.

[EBpictography-4] tography at the Encyclopædia Britannica

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