See Also: ideograph(medicine)
ideograph(dictionary)

ideograph (iou)



ideograph noun. M19.
[from IDEO- + -GRAPH.]
A character symbolizing the idea of a thing without expressing the sequence of sounds in its name, as a numeral, any of various Chinese characters, etc.
ideo'graphic adjective of the nature of an ideograph; pertaining to or composed of ideographs: E19.
ideo'graphical adjective ideographic M19.
ideo'graphically adverb E19.