Ideograph

Japanese: ideograph
Ideograph

...The fact that the same characters have been used without interruption for the past 3,000 years speaks to a unique aspect of Chinese culture.
[Characteristics of Kanji]
According to the common theory, Chinese characters, like other ancient characters, are at the stage of ideographs. An ideograph is a character that represents an idea, as opposed to a phonetic character that represents a sound, such as the Chinese character 〈日〉 that represents the idea of ​​the sun.

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…過去3000年にわたって同じ文字が断絶することなく用いられてきたことは,中国文化の特異な一面を物語っている。
【漢字の特質】
 通説によれば漢字は他の古代文字と同じく表意文字ideographの段階にあるといわれる。表意文字とは1字がある音を表す表音文字に対して,1字がある観念ideaを表す文字で,たとえば漢字の〈日〉は太陽の観念を表すようなものである。…

※「ideograph」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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