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Ideographs in the strictest sense do not constitute a complete Writing System , as any writing system must be able to refer directly to a language in order to faithfully represent that language, but are often used in Wayfinding and sign systems, especially in Airports and other environments where many people may not be familiar with the language of the place they are in. "Ideograms" is commonly used to describe Logographic Writing Systems such as Egyptian hieroglyphs and Chinese characters. However, symbols in logographic systems generally represent Word s or Morpheme s rather than pure ideas. The term "ideogram" or "ideograph" is also used to describe two of the six ways in which Chinese characters were designed. See Chinese Character Classification for more information. There is no single way to read an ideographic system, because there is no one-to-one correspondence between symbol and language. In some cases, only the author of a text can read it with any certainty, and it may be said that they are ''interpreted'' rather than read. Such scripts often work best as mnemonic aids for oral texts, or as outlines that will be fleshed out in speech. Examples of ideographic systems: The Dongba script is the only extant ideographic system. SEE ALSO
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