hieroglyph

The Rosetta Stone allowed scholars to decode the hieroglyphs of ancient Egyptian civilisation.罗塞塔石碑使学者们能够解码古埃及文明的象形文字。

Each hieroglyph combines phonetic and ideographic elements in a highly sophisticated script.每个象形文字都在一个高度复杂的书写系统中结合了语音和表意元素。