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A pictogram (also spelled pictogramme) or pictograph is a symbol representing a concept, object, activity, place or event by illustration. Pictography is a form of writing whereby ideas are transmitted through drawing. It is a basis of cuneiform and, to some extent, hieroglyphs, which uses drawings also as phonetic letters or determinative rhymes.

Early written symbols were based on pictograms (pictures which resemble what they signify) and ideograms (pictures which represent ideas). They were used by the ancient Chinese culture since around 5000 BC and began to develop into logographic writing systems around 2000 BC. Pictograms are still in use as the main medium of written communication in some non-literate cultures in Africa, The Americas, and Oceania. Pictograms are often used as simple symbols by most contemporary cultures.



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  • 1 History
  • 2 Modern use
  • 3 See also
  • 4 References
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    Pictograph from 1510 telling a story of coming of missionaries to Hispaniola
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    Sample National Park Service pictographs


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  • Pictographs from the Great Gallery, Canyonlands National Park

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    Water, rabbit, deer pictograms on a replica of an AztecStone of the Sun



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