ideography
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- noun The representation of ideas by graphic symbols.
- noun The use of ideograms to express ideas.
Examples
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The first stage is "ideography," or mere picture-writing, in which a man stands for a man, a ship for a ship, a camel for a camel, and so forth.
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The "empty" hexagram, without crossing lines isn't used in Western ideography except as a form for a policeman's badge in Iceland and in certain states in the US (the sheriff's star).
Note
The word 'ideography' comes from Greek roots meaning 'idea' and 'writing'.
