hieroglyph
pictographic sign
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hieroglyph
Summary
hieroglyph ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,312 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- hieroglyph is a type of grapheme[2].
- hieroglyph is a type of ideogram[3].
- hieroglyph is part of pictographic writing system[4].
- hieroglyph is used for Egyptian hieratic[5].
- hieroglyph's Commons category is recorded as Hieroglyphs[6].
- hieroglyph's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hieroglyphs[7].
- hieroglyph's Commons gallery is recorded as Hieroglyphs[8].
- hieroglyph's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
- hieroglyph's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
- hieroglyph's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[11].
- hieroglyph's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[12].
- hieroglyph's partially coincident with is recorded as logogram[13].
- hieroglyph's main Wikidata property is recorded as P7383[14].
- hieroglyph's main Wikidata property is recorded as P5425[15].
- hieroglyph's different from is recorded as Hieroglyph[16].
- hieroglyph's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Writing systems[17].
- hieroglyph's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Archaeology[18].
Body
Definition and Type
Recorded subclass of include grapheme[2] and ideogram[3].
Use and Application
hieroglyph is used for Egyptian hieratic[5]. hieroglyph is part of pictographic writing system[4].
Influence
Things named for hieroglyph include Phalaenopsis hieroglyphica[19], a taxon[20].
Why It Matters
hieroglyph ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,312 views/month).[1] hieroglyph has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] hieroglyph is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]
Entities named for hieroglyph include Phalaenopsis hieroglyphica[19], a taxon[20].