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Meaning of Pictograph | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A picture that represents a word or an idea.
  2. A graphic character.
  3. A graph that represents numerical data using pictures.

Equivalents

العربية الكتابة بالصور
Español pictografía
Suomi kuvakirjoitusmerkki
日本語 絵文字 象形文字

Examples

“The Seleucid and Dendera Zodiacs are illustrations of the pictograph tradition from the 5th phase, showing the zodiac plus the four ‘parazodiacal’ animals (crow, serpent, eagle, and southern fish).”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Pictographic pictography pictology pictomicrograph Picton Picton herring

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