picture writing

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The use of pictures or of pictured representations in recording events or expressing ideas; pictography: as, the picture-writing of the North American Indians.
2. n. A writing or inscription consisting of pictures or pictorial signs.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. The record or message so represented.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a writing system using pictographs