Ideogram

Japanese: ideogram
Ideogram

...Also, symbols called "punctuation marks" come in various shapes depending on the character.
[Classification by character characteristics]
Characters can take on a wide variety of shapes and arrangements, but they are generally divided into ideograms and phonograms based on the relationship between the characters and the elements of language they represent, and the latter are further divided into syllabic characters and monophonic characters (or phonemic characters). However, as already mentioned, the explanation that ideograms represent only meanings without sounds and phonograms represent only sounds without meaning is not strictly correct.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "ideogram" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また〈句読(くとう)点〉と呼ばれる記号も文字によってさまざまな形がみられる。
【字の性質による分類】
 文字はこのようにその字の形や配列の仕方などに多種多様なすがたをみせているが,字とそれが表す言語の要素との関係から〈表意文字ideogram〉と〈表音文字phonogram〉とに分け,後者をさらに〈音節文字〉と〈単音文字〉(あるいは〈音素文字〉)とに分ける分類が一般に行われてきた。しかし,すでにふれたように表意文字は音を表さずに意味だけを表し,表音文字は意味を表さずに音だけを表すというような説明は,厳密にいえば正しくない。…

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