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Definition of Ideographs
1. ideograph [n] - See also: ideograph
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ideographs
Literary usage of Ideographs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Egypt's Place in Universal History: An Historical Investigation in Five Books by Christian Karl Josias Bunsen, Samuel Birch (1867)
"ideographs. In their relation to language the hieroglyphs are divided into two
classes ... The ideographs are again subdivided into several classes :— 1. ..."
2. The Book, Its History and Development by Cyril Davenport (1908)
"Bock inscriptions—Marks on wood—Quipus—Wampum—Modern ideographs—Indian palm leaf
books—ideographs and alphabets— ..."
3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"No doubt, at the first commencement of the language, ideographs only were employed
... The ideographs are divided into two classes—the simple ideographs, ..."
4. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"The ideographs are divided into two classes—the simple ideographs, or those which
... In all instances, these ideographs are occasionally found preceded by ..."
5. Chambers' Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1874)
"No doubt, at the first commencement of the language, ideographs only were employed
... The ideographs are divided into two classes—the simple ideographs ..."
6. Easy Lessons in Egyptian Hieroglyphics with Sign List by Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge (1899)
"HIEROGLYPHICS AS ideographs, PHONETICS, AND DETERMINATIVES. ... Such are called
ideographs. Now every picture of every object must have had a name, ..."
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