But to construct a sentence by means of pure ideography is impossible. From Wordnik.com. [Pharaohs, Fellahs and Explorers] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Pharaohs, Fellahs and Explorers] Reference
Nevertheless, long usage has induced some degree of ideography and symbolism. From Wordnik.com. [Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891] Reference
Just as pictorial phonetism was evolved from ideography, or picture-writing, so was alphabetism evolved from pictorial phonetism. From Wordnik.com. [Pharaohs, Fellahs and Explorers] Reference
"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).". From Wordnik.com. [RenewAmerica] Reference
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