The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pictograph \Pic"to*graph\, n. [See Picture, and -graph.] A picture or hieroglyph representing and expressing an idea. -- Pic`to*graph"ic, a.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Represented by pictures 2 Of or pertaining to pictographs
WordNet
adj. consisting of or characterized by the use of pictographs; "a pictographic script"; "pictographic stage in the development of writing"
Usage examples of "pictographic".
But cuneiform actually developed out of the archaic Uruk pictographic system, which took over many of the signs used with the earlier tokens, such as the sign for sheep, and wavy lines for water.
The Nsibidi secret society of Nigeria keeps its pictographic script from Europeans as much as possible because it is used chiefly to express love in rather direct imagery, and samples appear to be at least as pornographic as they are cryptographic.