hieroglyph
pictographic sign
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Summary
hieroglyph ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,152 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: grapheme[2], ideogram[3]
- Part of: pictographic writing system[4]
- Has use: Egyptian hieratic[5]
- Commons category: Hieroglyphs[6]
- Topic's main category: Category:Hieroglyphs[7]
- Commons gallery: Hieroglyphs[8]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[11], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[12]
- Partially coincident with: logogram[13]
- Main Wikidata property: P7383[14], P5425[15]
- Different from: Hieroglyph[16]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Writing systems[17], WikiProject Archaeology[18]
Body
Influence
Things named for hieroglyph include Phalaenopsis hieroglyphica[19], a taxon[20].
Why It Matters
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].