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ideogram /ˈɪdiəɡram , ˈʌɪdiəɡram /
noun a character symbolizing the idea of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it. Examples include numerals and Chinese characters.
– ORIGIN mid 19th century: from Greek idea form + -gram1.