hieroglyph

n. hieroglyphic symbol, pictorial symbol which represents a word or sound (used in the pictographic script of the ancient Egyptians)

n. picture used to represent a word or idea; symbol that conveys an idea nonverbally

A hieroglyph (also frequently misspelled hyrogliph) is a character of a logographic or partly logographic writing system. The term originally referred to the Egyptian hieroglyphs, but is also applied to the ancient Cretan Luwian, Mayan and Mi'kmaq scripts, and occasionally also to Chinese characters. It was also used by Ancient Egyptians. Ancient Egyptian writing consisted of over 2,000 hieroglyphic characters where as the English only consists of 25. Each hieroglyphic characters represent a common object from their day.
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Noun
1. writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible)
(synonym) hieroglyphic
(hypernym) writing
2. a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt
(synonym) hieroglyphic
(hypernym) orthography, writing system
(hyponym) hieratic, hieratic script

(a.)
Alt. of Hieroglyphic
  

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