象形文字

pictogram / hieroglyph

elephant / CL:隻|只[zhi1] / shape / form / appearance / to imitate

letter / symbol / character / word / CL:個|个[ge4] / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China

language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67

to appear / to look / form / shape

character / script / writing / written language / writing style / phraseology / CL:個|个[ge4]

pictogram / one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters / Chinese character derived from a picture / sometimes called hieroglyph