glyph
/glɪf/noun
1
- a hieroglyphic character or symbol; a pictograph象形文字（或符号）：
flanges painted with esoteric glyphs.
绘有深奥的象形文字的翼缘。
1.1
- strictly, a sculptured symbol (e.g. as forming the ancient Mayan writing system)（严格说来）雕刻的符号（如构成古代玛雅人的书写系统的符号）。
1.2
- Computing a small graphic symbol【计算机】（小的）图示符。
2
- Architecture an ornamental carved groove or channel, as on a Greek frieze【建筑】（如希腊式建筑壁缘上的）束腰竖沟, 竖面浅槽饰, 竖沟装饰。
派生词
glyphic
adjective词源
late 18th cent. (in sense 2)： from French glyphe, from Greek gluphē 'carving'.