Ideogram

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A phonetic symbol; a letter.

II. Ideogram ·noun A symbol used for convenience, or for abbreviation; as, 1, 2, 3, +, -, /, $, /, ·etc.

III. Ideogram ·noun An original, pictorial element of writing; a kind of hieroglyph expressing no sound, but only an Idea.