ˈīdēəˌgram, ˈid-, -raa(ə)m sometimes īˈdēə- or īˈdiə- noun
Etymology: ideo- + -gram
1.
a. : a picture, a conventionalized picture, or a symbol that symbolizes a thing or an idea but not a particular word or phrase for it
b. : a picture, a conventionalized picture, or a symbol that symbolizes a thing or an idea but not a particular word or phrase for it and that if pictorial symbolizes not the object pictured but some thing or idea that the object pictured is supposed to suggest or emblematize — distinguished from pictogram
2. : a symbol or group of symbols that as used in the writing of a particular language represents usually a particular morpheme, word, or phrase but without providing separate phonetic representation of the individual phonemes or syllables composing the morpheme, word, or phrase : logogram a ; specifically : a symbol or group of symbols used for convenience in writing an alphabetic language and directly representing a word or phrase or in some instances an idea expressible by any of two or more different words or phrases (as in English 3 read as three, + read as plus, & read as and, $ read as dollar or dollars, 1960 read as one thousand nine hundred and sixty or nineteen hundred and sixty or nineteen sixty )
3. : a composite character in Chinese writing made by combining two or more other characters for words of related meaning