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ID: 300124411 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300124411			Record Type: concept

pictographs (script and type signs, <script and type forms>, ... Components (hierarchy name))

Note: Highly simplified or conventionalized pictures that stand for the thing pictured; may be used as writing signs corresponding to individual words or phonetic elements in a language. Use also for certain prehistoric pictures and linear designs whose meanings are uncertain.

Terms:

pictographs (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)

pictograph (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)

pictograms (signs) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)

pictographic signs (C,U,English,UF,U,N)

pictorial signs (C,U,English,UF,U,N)

picture signs (C,U,English,UF,U,N)

picture-signs (C,U,English,UF,U,N)

象形文字 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)

繪畫文字 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,U)

圖畫文字 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,U)

xiàng xíng wén zì (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)

xiang xing wen zi (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)

hsiang hsing wen tzu (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)

pictogrammen (beeldschrift) (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)

pictogram (beeldschrift) (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)

pictogrammes (C,U,French-P,D,U,PN)

pictogramme (C,U,French,AD,U,SN)

pictographie (C,U,French,UF,U,N)

pictografías (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,PN)

pictografía (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,SN)

Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.PJ

Hierarchical Position:

Objects Facet

.... Components (hierarchy name) (G)

........ components (objects parts) (G)

............ <components by specific context> (G)

................ information form components (G)

.................... <script and type forms> (G)

........................ script and type signs (G)

............................ pictographs (G)

Additional Notes:

Chinese (traditional) ..... 高度簡化或通用的圖畫，代表其所描繪的事物；可作為對應於某一語言中的單獨字彙或語音元素的書寫符號。亦可用於指稱某些史前圖像和線條設計，其意義不可考。

Dutch ..... Zeer vereenvoudigde of conventionele afbeeldingen die symbool staan voor datgene wat is afgebeeld; kunnen worden gebruikt als schrifttekens die corresponderen met individuele woorden of fonetische elementen in een taal. Wordt ook gebruikt voor bepaalde prehistorische afbeeldingen en lineaire ontwerpen met onduidelijke betekenissen. Te onderscheiden van 'iconen' op computerschermen.

Related concepts:

involves ....	pictographies (writing systems)
................	(writing systems, <languages and writing systems by general type>, ... Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) [300389751]

Sources and Contributors:

象形文字............	[AS-Academia Sinica Preferred]
...........	印刷，裝訂名詞辭典 211
...........	印刷設計辭典（簡） April 12, 2012
...........	大英視覺藝術百科全書 Vol. 9, 188
...........	智慧藏百科全書網 April 12, 2012

繪畫文字............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
...........	智慧藏百科全書網 April 12, 2012

圖畫文字............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
...........	AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)

hsiang hsing wen tzu............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
...................................	AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)

pictografía............	[CDBP-SNPC Preferred]
.......................	Moliner, Diccionario de uso del español (2004) II:734
.......................	Parkinson, Historia del Cine (1998) 76

pictografías............	[CDBP-SNPC]
.......................	Comité, Plural del término en singular

pictogram (beeldschrift)............	[RKD, AAT-Ned]
.........................................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
.........................................	Van Dale groot woordenboek (1994)

pictogramme............	[AASLH, CHIN / RCIP, VP]
.......................	AASLH data (2016-)
.......................	CHIN / RCIP translation (2016-)
.......................	CHIN database (1988-)
.......................	Nomenclature database (2018-) http://nomenclature.info/nom/13447; scheme: Nomenclature-Objects
.......................	Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging / Nomenclature pour le catalogage translation project (2016-) 13447

pictogrammen (beeldschrift)............	[RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred]
...............................................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
...............................................	Van Dale groot woordenboek (1994)

pictogrammes............	[CHIN / RCIP Preferred]
.......................	CHIN database (1988-)

pictograms (signs)............	[VP]
...................................	Cottrell, Concise Encyclopedia of Archaeology (1960) The oldest form of writing. The picture represented the actual thing.
...................................	Gaur, History of Writing (1985) 66
...................................	Harrod's Librarians' Glossary (1984) 596, Picture, dwg, or symbol, an element of a narrative sequence.
...................................	Senner, Origins of Writing (1989) 5
...................................	Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961)
...................................	Whitehouse, Facts on File Dictionary of Archaeology (1983) 551

pictograph............	[AASLH Preferred, CHIN / RCIP, VP]
.......................	AASLH data (2016-)
.......................	CHIN / RCIP translation (2016-)
.......................	Lucie-Smith, Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms (1986) Highly simplified symbol of an object or action.
.......................	Nomenclature database (2018-) http://nomenclature.info/nom/13447; scheme: Nomenclature-Objects
.......................	Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging / Nomenclature pour le catalogage translation project (2016-) 13447

pictographic signs............	[VP]
...................................	Gaur, History of Writing (1985) 30, Usu begins as definite meaning re one word. Neither pics that stand alone nor phonetic.
...................................	Senner, Origins of Writing (1989) 8

pictographie............	[VP]
.......................	BHA, Authority file (1973-2003) accessed 16 December 2004

pictographs............	[GCI Preferred, VP Preferred]
.......................	AATA database (2002-) 127351 checked 26 January 2012
.......................	CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-)
.......................	Gardner's Art Through the Ages (1986) GLOS, Stylized picture that represents an idea.
.......................	Hole and Heizer, Prehistoric Archaeology (1977) 92, prehistoric pictures and linear designs whose meaning not yet interpreted reliably.
.......................	Senner, Origins of Writing (1989) 29
.......................	Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961)

pictorial signs............	[VP]
.............................	Senner, Origins of Writing (1989) illustration, 6

picture signs............	[VP]
..........................	Gaur, History of Writing (1985) 70

picture-signs............	[VP]
..........................	Gaur, History of Writing (1985) 80

xiang xing wen zi............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
................................	AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)

xiàng xíng wén zì............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
................................	AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)


Subject: .....	[AASLH, AS-Academia Sinica, CDBP-SNPC, CHIN / RCIP, GCI, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............	AASLH data (2016-)
............	AATA database (2002-) 127351 checked 26 January 2012
............	CHIN / RCIP translation (2016-)
............	CHIN database (1988-)
............	Getty Vocabulary Program rules scripts, pictographic
............	Nomenclature database (2018-) http://nomenclature.info/nom/13447; scheme: Nomenclature-Objects
............	Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging / Nomenclature pour le catalogage translation project (2016-)
............	Senner, Origins of Writing (1989) 104; pictographic scripts
............	Van Dale groot woordenboek (1994)
............	Whitehouse, Facts on File Dictionary of Archaeology (1983) 553; pictographic scripts


Note:
English	..........	[VP]
	..........	Legacy AAT data
Chinese (traditional)	..........	[AS-Academia Sinica]
Dutch	..........	[RKD, AAT-Ned]
	..........	AAT-Ned (1994-)
	..........	Van Dale groot woordenboek (1994)

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