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Chinese (and every country that uses Kanji or Hanzi taken from Chinese)
ancient Egypt used them, better known as hieroglyphs in that case.
Sumerian called theirs Cuneiform.
Even the English language contains some, the Arabic numerals (1,2,3,4,5,etc.) are ideographs and they have spread almost worldwide!
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Is the English way of communication the best candatate for the language between all nations?
There are many opinions on this question, and no good way to decide. Some people think in terms of which language is easiest to learn, others which language is already spoken by more people, and still others by which language is associated with the most dominant economies in world trade. Currently, Mandarin Chinese has the most native speakers but English and Spanish are probably the most widely used geographically, and English is dominant, for the moment, in international trade. Chinese probably cannot become a language for use by all nations while it is written with difficult to learn ideographs. Alphabets are much easier to learn.
The first people to use writing?
No
Why people use frosted glass in bathrooms?
People generally use frosted glass in the bathrooms. It is because it does not enables people to see inside.
Why do you use adjectives?
To describe people and things.
Why do people use cliches?
Most people use clishes because they can't think of any other way to say what they want to say. Sometimes people use cliches because they know everyone else will be familiar with the phrase and understand it.
How old are ideographs?
The term ideograph was coined in 1980, however ideographs were likely used for hundreds of years, if not more, prior to this.
What is a Blissymbol?
A Blissymbol is any of the ideographs in the Blissymbols language - a group of symbolic characters which can be used to assist people who have difficulties in communicating.
What were the first examples of Chinese writing?
Pictographs and Ideographs
When were ideographs invented?
Ideographs have been used for thousands of years in various cultures, with ancient examples found in civilizations like Egypt, Mesopotamia, and China. The specific origins or "invention" of ideographs may vary depending on the culture, but they have played a significant role in written communication throughout history.
What system forms the basis for the writing in East Asia?
Ideographs
What is the difference between Chinese pictographs and ideographs?
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.
What are ideographs?
Ideographs are written characters or symbols that represent abstract ideas or concepts rather than specific words. They are commonly used in logographic writing systems such as Chinese characters. Ideographs convey meaning through visual representation rather than phonetic sound.
How do pictographs differ from ideographs?
Pictographs are graphic symbols making pictures which resemble what they signify. Ideographs are graphic symbol that represent an idea or concept independent of any particular language. For instance if you look at the international road sign for no overtaking, the two cars side by side would be Pictograph while the read circle and colouring of the sign is the Ideograph.
How did the writing start?
The first record of Chinese writing is on oracle bones from the Shang dynasty. Written Chinese probably began with pictographs and ideographs.
What has the author Nelson Ling-Sun Chou written?
Nelson Ling-Sun Chou has written: 'A new alphameric code for Chinese ideographs'
How is China's writing system different from cuniform and heiroglyphics?
China's writing system has pictures instead of symbols. China's picture names: -Pictographs -Ideographs
Why do Chinese use pictures to write instead of letters?
Chinese characters evolved over time from earliest forms of hieroglyphs. The idea that all Chinese characters are either pictographs or ideographs is an erroneous one: most characters contain phonetic parts, and are composites of phonetic components and semantic Radicals. Only the simplest characters, such as ren 人 (human), ri 日 (sun), shan 山 (mountain), shui 水 (water), may be wholly pictorial in origin. In 100 CE, the famed scholar Xǚ Shèn in the Hàn Dynasty classified characters into 6 categories, namely pictographs, simple ideographs, compound ideographs, phonetic loans, phonetic compounds and derivative characters. Of these, only 4% were categorized as pictographs, and 80-90% as phonetic complexes consisting of a semantic element that indicates meaning, and a phonetic element that arguably once indicated the pronunciation. There are about 214 radicals recognized in the Kangxi Dictionary, which indicate what the character is about semantically.
