1. a written symbol that represents an idea or concept directly rather than a particular word or speech sound

Examples

• Chinese characters are examples of ideographs that convey meaning through visual symbols.
• The dollar sign ($) is a simple ideograph representing money.
• Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs included many ideographs alongside phonetic symbols.
• Mathematical symbols like + and = function as ideographs in equations.
• The heart symbol (♥) is a modern ideograph representing love or affection.
• Traffic signs often use ideographs so they can be understood internationally.