An ideogram is a sign or symbol that represents a particular idea or thing rather than a word. The writing systems of Japan and China, for example, use ideograms.
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表意符号(如 %, @ 和 &)
In languages such as English which are written using letters and words, an ideogram is a sign or symbol that can be used to represent a particular word. %, @, and & are examples of ideograms.