Associations to the word «Pictograph»

Wiktionary

PICTOGRAPH, noun. A picture that represents a word or an idea; a hieroglyph
PICTOGRAPH, noun. A graphic character
PICTOGRAPH, noun. A graph that represents numerical data using pictures.

Dictionary definition

PICTOGRAPH, noun. A graphic character used in picture writing.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky