Definition

Examples

• 古埃及的象形文字非常有名。
  Gǔ Āijí de xiàng xíng wén zì fēicháng yǒumíng.
  The hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt are very famous.
• 象形文字是世界上最古老的文字之一。
  xiàng xíng wén zì shì shìjiè shàng zuì gǔlǎo de wénzì zhī yī.
  Hieroglyphics are one of the oldest writing systems in the world.
• 汉字中的‘火’字最初就是象形文字。
  Hànzì zhōng de ‘huǒ’ zì zuìchū jiù shì xiàng xíng wén zì.
  The character 'fire' in Chinese was originally a pictograph.