In the ideograph of 'country' Mordtmann had already seen a likeness of the shafts of rock which rise out of the Kappadokian plateau.
Ideograph of gesture which may indicate ten or any multiple of ten.
Both in Egypt and Mexico it is represented flowing from a vessel, the Egyptian ideograph having a kneeling figure with arms uplifted, as if in adoration or gratitude.
The ideographfor night, a star pendant from a curve, is like the Ojibwa; while among the ancient Mexicans night was represented by a semicircle with eyes, as stars, attached to it.
Thus the name of Ea, the god of the deep, is expressed by an ideograph which signifies 'antelope.
Merodach's ideograph is the sun, and there is abundant evidence that he was first and last a solar god.
This ideograph is often used for the very purpose of an action which cannot be any other than the equivalent of pardoning and forgiving.
But even such people often differ in their interpretation of some phrases, by giving different attributive to one or other particular ideograph in a sentence, not only in its meaning but in its position as regards the part of speech.
Candron imprinted the ideograph on the page, then, beside it, he wrote "Ying Lee" in Latin characters.
The "chop" was a small stamp bearing the ideograph which indicated the name Candron was using.
An ideograph was often preceded and followed by two phonetic signs, which respectively represented the initial and final sound of the name of the ideograph.
The sceptre as an ideograph means power, in the same manner as the sceptre carried by our monarch on state occasions is a badge of authority.
Phonetic hieroglyphs are often followed by a representation or ideograph of the object referred to.
With two small thrones inside, as seen here, the hieroglyph probably represents the interior of a palace; and is the ideograph for the festival called triakonteris, because celebrated every thirty years.
Ideographic writing was carried to great perfection, the signs for ideas became fixed, and each ideograph had a stereotyped signification.
The ideographsen signified originally a "fountain," and its employment to designate a coin seems to have been suggested by an idea analogous to that underlying the English word "currency.
These new tokens were called kenji-kin, as they bore on the reverse the ideograph ken, signifying "great original.
A perfectly formed ideograph possesses in Japanese eyes many of the qualities that commend a pictorial masterpiece to Western appreciation.
Still, the honour in which the ideograph was held never diminished.
The ideograph is a picture, and to trace it in such a manner as to satisfy the highest canons is a veritably artistic achievement.
Temmu saw that if the work of compilation was abandoned solely to princely and official littérateurs, they would probably sacrifice on the altar of the ideograph much that was venerable and worthy to be preserved.
The Date maintained friendly relations with the Ashikaga, and Harumune was nominated tandai of Oshu by the shogun Yoshiharu, of whose name one ideograph (haru) was given to the Date chief.
This word was originally pronounced Wa, and is written with the ideograph signifying "dwarf.
The haughty condescension of the Chinese despatch does not appear to have offended the Japanese, nor did they cavil at the omission of one important ideographfrom the title applied to their Empress.
We must not omit to note an interesting point in connection with the royal tombs at Abydos, In that of King Khent or Tjer (the reading of the ideograph is doubtful) M.
The ideograph for "tomb" seems to be a rude picture of the funerary chapel, but from it we can derive little information as to its construction.
A common ideograph for the name of the island is an elephant with an upturned trunk, showing that Yeb really means "elephant-island," and that Elephantine is simply the Greek translation of the native name.
If they should happen to give you a try out with it, the ideograph wouldn't look well to the king.
The professor dropped down, the disk gliding over his bald head, and another ideograph shot into sight.
The ideograph told of a truthful mind, sadly perturbed.
They were for him the alphabet of a long-forgotten language--some system of ideograph or pictorial representation that expressed the knowledge of the times when it was used.
It is also believed that if a certain ideograph is traced in the air it has the power to paralyse the dragon-fly one wishes to catch.
Paint them, paint them apart, the three originals, unrelated, so that we may know how the wise men of old wisely built up the ideograph of to marry.
Genuine examples of his faience have always been highly prized, and numerous imitations were subsequently produced, all stamped with the ideograph Ninsei.
Each ideograph thus came to have two sounds, one Japanese, the other Chinese--e.
In view of all this there is a strong movement in favour of romanizing the Japanese script: that is to say, abolishing the ideograph and adopting in its place the Roman alphabet.
To the Japanese brain an ideograph is a vivid picture: it lives; it speaks; it gesticulates.
An ideograph does not make upon the Japanese brain any impression similar to that created in the Occidental brain by a letter or combination of letters--dull, inanimate symbols of vocal sounds.
Its ideograph is the sign of the sun together with the sign of the moon.
For example, the ideograph meaning "to speak" is a mouth with two words and a flame coming out of it.
For example, the ideograph for a "mess-mate" is a man and a fire.
Written with an ideograph that describes him as the 'god of the day,' there is no deity whose worship enjoys an equally continued popularity in Babylonia and Assyria.
Whether Ea is to be regarded as the real name of the god, or is also anideograph like En-ki, is again open to doubt.
Lugal, signifying 'king,' is an element that enters as an ideographin the composition of the names of several deities.
The ra is either a phonetic complement to the ideograph or is perhaps added to suggest to the reader the identification with Gir-ra.
The solitary crimson ideograph signifies a solemn pledge to remain faithful to the memory of the dead.
And so praying, she writes within the hand of the little corpse the firstideograph of her lost darling's name.
Hence the ideograph formed by the collation of these symbols signifies, opening the door to see, i.
The hieroglyphic writings of the aborigines of Central America, of the ancient Peruvians, of the Mongolians, and of the ancient Copts and Hebrews all point to the universal use of the ideograph for the purpose of recording and conveying ideas.
The parallel passage in the Assyrian version (Tablet I, 5, 27) has the ideograph for star, with the plural sign as a variant.
Even theideograph that denotes "a god" represents an eight-rayed star.
The Igigi are represented ideographically by v+ii (the ideograph of plurality).
The ideograph denotes the keffiya, corresponding both to the veil and to the turban.
The ideograph which denotes elim represents a quadruped, sometimes with an eye, sometimes with the ideograph of sheep, attached to it.
On the gables of one or two houses near the roof I noticed ventilators which were cut in the form of the Chinese ideograph which means water, a kind of charm against fire.
The word Nō is written with an ideograph which means ability, but Nō also stands for agriculture.
It will be noticed that the ideograph looks like a water field in four compartments.
