pictographic

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/ˌpɪktəˈɡɹæfɪk/

adjective

Represented by pictures.

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Meanings

adjectivepictographic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableRepresented by pictures.
  2. not comparableOf or pertaining to pictographs.
nounpictographic (plural pictographics)

plural pictographics

  1. A pictograph or hieroglyph.

    Only two words in English possess a bare minimum resemblance to that of pictographics: eye (two es are the eyes, and the y is the nose) and bed (two vertical strokes from b and d compose the frame of the bed).

    1991, Timothy D. Huang, Jack K. T. Huang, An Introduction To Chinese, Japanese And Korean Computing, page 44

Origin

From pictograph + -ic.

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Translations

French pictographique
  • pictographiqueTranslations
Romanian pictografic
  • pictograficTranslations
Spanish pictográfico
  • pictográficoTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

pictographic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pictographic

MLA

“pictographic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pictographic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pictographic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pictographic.

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