zodiograph
zodiograph noun: a pictograph or ideogram that is used as the standard representation of a specific word.
Noun
zodiograph (plural zodiographs)
- A pictograph or ideogram that is used as the standard representation of a specific word.
- That these kinds of elaborate zodiographs were not used to any extent, as far as we know, in the developmental stages of any writing system is due, we suspect, to the sub fades operation of a kind of "efficiency principle."1994, William G. Boltz, The Origin and Early Development of the Chinese Writing System
- The process of shifting from a pictograph to a zodoiograph is the process of acquiring a pronunciation. This process we call "phoneticization," and it is at this point that pictographs, or any other kind of graphs, turn into writing.1999, Michael Loewe, Edward L. Shaughnessy, The Cambridge History of Ancient China
Forms of zodiograph
| plural | zodiographs |
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Origin of zodiograph
From Ancient Greek ζῴδιον (zōídion, “little animal”) + γράφω (gráphō, “to write”).
Questions about zodiograph
- What does zodiograph mean?
- Zodiograph means a pictograph or ideogram that is used as the standard representation of a specific word.
- What part of speech is zodiograph?
- Zodiograph is a noun.
- What is the plural of zodiograph?
- The plural of zodiograph is zodiographs.
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