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IDEOGRAPH (Gr. i&Ea, idea, and 'yparked', to write)

IDEOGRAPH (Gr. i&See also:
EA(nar...), (p.s„,.,.)
EA(psr...), (p, „...)• (pqr...)
Ea, See also:
IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)
idea, and 'yparked', to write) , a See also:

SYMBOL (Gr. o-uµ(3oXov, a sign)

symbol or See also:

CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character painted, written or inscribed, representing ideas and not sounds; such a See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

writing is found in See also:

CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese and in most of the See also:

EGYPTIAN

Egyptian hieroglyphs (see WRITING) .

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