Ideographic

{ I′de‐o‐graph″ic (?), I′de‐o‐graph″ic‐al (?), } a. [Cf. F. idéographique.] Of or pertaining to an ideogram; representing ideas by symbols, independently of sounds; as, 9 represents not the word “nine,” but the idea of the number itself. — I′de‐o‐graph″ic‐al‐ly, adv.