1) Character 2) Grapheme 3) Graphic symbol 1) Glyph 2) Icon 3) Symbol 
• (n.) A picture or hieroglyph representing and expressing an idea.
an image that is painted or drawn on to a surface; it may also reference a form of symbolic imagery used as a mnemonic device that is usually not phonetic but is representational pitted boulder
Pic'to·graph noun [ See Picture , and -graph .] A picture or hieroglyph representing and expressing an idea. -- 
Type: Term Pronunciation: pik′tō-graf Definitions: 1. A vision test chart for illiterates.
[n] - a graphic character used in picture writing
pictography, pictograph 1. The use of pictorial symbols to communicate; picture writing with symbols that may be either ideographic or phonetic in function. 2. A picture representing a word or idea; a hieroglyph. 3. A record in hieroglyphic symbols. 4. A pictorial representation of numerical data or relationships, especially a graph, but having e...
a type of writing made from pictures
noun a graphic character used in picture writing
a graphic character used in picture writing