The symbols of American Sign Language are visible representations of concepts. They represent neither spoken nor written words, thus making it meaningless to refer to ASL as ideographic.
The symbols of American Sign Language are visible representations of concepts. They represent neither spoken nor written words, thus making it meaningless to refer to ASL as ideographic.
美国手语的象征是对概念的可视表达。它们既不代表书面语言也不代表口语语言（即是手语与书面语言和口头语言是不同的），所以将其指为表意文字是没有什么意义的。