Pictogram facts for kids
A pictograph (sometimes also called pictogramme or pictogram) is a small drawing. Today, pictograms are used very often. Because they are independent of the language, they are often used where there are people who need to understand things, even if they do not read or speak the language. Pictograms are also often used where it is important to understand something fast. Sight is faster than reading. That way, pictograms are often used for signalling in emergency situations, such as showing emergency exits.
Common uses include those for road signs, airports, and train station, and warning signs.
Images for kids
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The top traffic sign warns people of horses and riders.
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Ojibwa pictographs on cliff-face at Agawa Rock, Lake Superior Provincial Park of a boat and Mishipeshu, an animal with horns, painted with red ochre
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Several prehistoric engravings can be found around La Silla Observatory.
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Native American Pictographs from the Great Gallery, Horseshoe Canyon, Canyonlands National Park
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Pictograph from 1510 telling a story of coming of missionaries to Hispaniola
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This highly influential pictogram design was introduced at the 1972 Munich Olympics, although pictograms first began to appear in the games at Tokyo in 1964.
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British Rail passenger safety pictographs at the end of the platform at Meols railway station
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Water, rabbit, deer pictographs on a replica of an Aztec Stone of the Sun
See also
In Spanish: Pictograma para niños
