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Meanings of hieroglyph in English

Russian
иероглифика
Portuguese
hieroglifos
Catalan
jeroglífics
Spanish
jeroglifico

Pictographic sign.

        иероглифика
        Portuguese
        hieroglifo
        Catalan
        jeroglífic

        A writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt.

              hieroglifo
              Usage of hieroglyph in English
              1
              The morose moon started up, a tragic hieroglyph in the passionless sky.
              Visionaries
              2
              To her, the word was a hieroglyph, letters and shapes without meaning.
              The Irish Times
              3
              Before she could explain, Carter drew a simple hieroglyph of a bird.
              The red pyramid
              4
              Pierre knew very well what a hieroglyph was, but dared not speak.
              War and Peace
              5
              I waited for something to blow up, but the hieroglyph simply faded.
              The red pyramid
              6
              A sort of three-dimensional hieroglyph of an airplane made of paper.
              Wired
              7
              In more than one of these reports the hieroglyph B.45 appeared.
              The Summons
              8
              The god was never a symbol or hieroglyph representing the sun.
              A Miscellany of Men
              9
              And he extracted from the thievish scrawls a peculiarly thievish-looking hieroglyph.
              What Will He Do with It? — Volume 06
              10
              Imhotep has a name for her illness, a hieroglyph that we cannot pronounce.
              The emperor of all maladies: a biography of cancer
              11
              The whole butterfly seemed the symbol, the hieroglyph of gay and airy speed.
              Eyeless in Gaza
              12
              She went over it slowly, like one deciphering an ancient hieroglyph.
              The Precipice: A Novel
              13
              True variations are not found, the hieroglyph being perfectly alike in all the manuscripts.
              Aids to the Study of the Maya Codices / Sixth Annual Report of t...
              14
              She turned the spear in her hand to look at the single square hieroglyph.
              The Magician
              15
              Then, suddenly, at the sight of the hieroglyph, he remembered.
              White Ashes
              16
              For him a picture is more or less a hieroglyph or symbol of story.
              The Gentle Art of Making Enemies