an ideograph is a symbol of words!!!!!

The hand-painted scroll was very old, and it contained one ideograph he did not recognize at all.

The term ideograph was coined in 1980, however ideographs were likely used for hundreds of years, if not more, prior to this.

Pictographs resemble what they mean. For example, a pictograph of "Tiger" would be more or less recognizable as the image of a tiger crudely drawn.

Ideographs do not resemble what they mean. However, Ideographs can resemble one another (i.e. the ideograph of "Tiger" may resemble the ideograph of "Lion", but neither would resemble a Tiger or Lion crudely drawn). Ideographs can also steal phonetic pieces (i.e. The ideograph for "Shipping" may have the ideograph for "ping" in it since "ping" is phonetically part of "Shipping"). Finally Ideographs can be composed of multiple minor ideographs working in concert (i.e. "Archer" may be written as combination of "bow" and "man" since the Archer is man who uses a bow). None of the combination-elements are present in pictographs.

Pictograph writing and ideograph writing systems are both non-alphabetic and rely on visuals to represent words or ideas. Both systems use simple drawings or symbols to convey meaning. However, pictographs are more literal and represent specific objects or actions, while ideographs are more abstract and represent concepts or ideas. Ideographs also often have multiple meanings and can be combined to form more complex ideas.