They are simply to be regarded as hieroglyphics, or like Chinese word-writing, and really belong to the same class as armorial bearings, the bush that indicates a public-house, the key of the chamberlain, or the leather of the mountaineer.
erabat hieroglifo edota ideograma txinatar gisa hartu behar dira, eta klase berean daude armarriekin edo ostatua aditzera ematen duen belar-azaoarekin, giltzarekin, zeinean txanbelanak, edo larrua, zeinean meatzariak ezagutzen baitira.