SYMBOL    象徵象

ARTEFACT USED FOR REFERRING to something INTENSELY DIFFERENT from that ARTEFACT.
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Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard word for a symbolic representation of something is xiàng 象. This is a philosophical concept of considerable metaphysical depth. 2. Zhēng 徵 refers to visible symptoms of something, and these symptoms are indicative rather than symbolic of what they indicate. 3. Tú 圖 is used to refer to diagrams representing something abstract. This is a purely graphic almost scientific concept. 4. Biǎo 表 refers to a marker indicating where something is, or what something is.
Modern Chinese Criteria
象徵 表徵 記號 符號 象徵符號 標記 標志 符 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • WRITTEN CHARACTER　WRITTEN IMAGE:symbol TYPICALLY USED to RECORD SPEAK:speech. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • INSIGNIA　OFFICIAL IMAGE:symbol SHOWING one's RANK OR JOB. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • SEAL　SYMBOL USED TO PROVE OFFICIAL AUTHORITY of a DOCUMENT by PRODUCING a MARK on that DOCUMENT. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • SIGNAL　SYMBOL PUT in a PLACE FOR EXPRESSING a COMMAND OR ADVICE. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • OMEN　IMAGE SHOWING OR PROVING that a FUTURE EVENT will HAPPEN. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • SCULPTURE　IMAGE PRODUCED USING STONE, TIMBER, OR METAL. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • HEXAGRAM　IMAGE CONTAINING SIX HORIZONTAL STROKES USED in DIVINATION. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • VARIABLE　IMAGE:symbol NOT REFERRING to ONE OBJECT BUT SHOWING RELATIONS of SAME REFERENCE. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • TRACE　IMAGE:sign IN a PLACE of something that in the PAST has BE-IN:been in THIS PLACE. (anc: 6/0, child: 3)
  • ALPHABET　SYMBOL USED IN WRITING TO REFER-TO SINGLE SOUNDS (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • AMULET　MAGIC SYMBOL CARRIED BY HUMANS IN ORDER TO DEFEND ONESELF AGAINST EVIL. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • PRIZE　SYMBOL of WINNING in COMPETITION (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • ALPHABETIC LETTER　WRITTEN SYMBOL FOR A SOUND (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
See also
  • GESTUREDISPLACE PART of one's BODY so as to COMMUNICATE MEANING.
  • WORDSOUND IMAGE of a CONCEPT. (Leibniz, Couturat p. 432)
Hypernym
  • ARTEFACT　THING PRODUCED by MAN. (anc: 4/0, child: 26)
  • THING　CONCRETE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 10)
  • OBJECT　[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to. (anc: 2/0, child: 6)
  • Vocabulaire européen des philosophies. Dictionnaire des intraduisibles ( CASSIN 2004) p. 1199

  • De Rerum Humanarum Emendatione ( COMENIUS 1665) p. 647

    SIGNUM est quod praeter se aliud qvid repraesentat.

    Conc. tria. 1. Significans. 2. Signatum. 3. Significatio sive nexus significantis cum significato, ostendens, id quod est, non sui causa hic esse, sed ut alterum praesentet.

    6 Axioms

    Signum est vel Naturale, omnibus idem, ut ejulatus ("wailing"), risusqve vel ex institutione ad rationem divinam vel humanam (ut Sacramenta) vel deniqve fortuitum (i.e. a purely conventional sign).

  • Anthologia sive Florilegium rerum et materiarum selectarum ( LANGIUS 1631) p.

    SIMULACRUM

  • Signs, Language, and Behaviour ( MORRIS 1946) p.

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 4.1141

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 4.779

  • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 10.710

  • Handbuch der lateinischen und griechischen Synonymik ( SCHMIDT 1889) p. 32

  • "Sachwoerterbuch zum Alten China" ( UNGER SACH) p.

    SYMBOLE

  • Animal Thought ( WALKER 1983) p.

  • Key Concepts in Chinese Philosophy ( ZHANG DAINIAN 2002) p. 210

  • Histoire des moeurs ( POIRIER 1991) p. 2.1085-1185

  • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

  • Ästhetische Grundbegriffe ( BARCK 2010) p. 5.805

  • 跟我學同義詞 ( CAI SHAOWEI 2010) p. 82

    • Words (11 items)

    象  xiàng OC: sɢlaŋʔ MC: zi̯ɐŋ 12 Attributions

    The standard word for a symbolic representation of something is xiàng 象. This is a philosophical concept of considerable metaphysical depth.

      Syntactic words
    • nababstract symbolic shape or figure; symbol, symbolisation
    • nab.post-Nsymbol for N; symbolic representation of NCH
    • vtoNgive symbolic expression to; provide a symbol for; symbolise
    • vtoNcausativecause to be symbols and models for emulation, set up as symbols and models; hold up as an example to follow
    • vtoNstativebe symbolically linked with; symbolise, represent; symbolise cosmologically
    • vtoSsymbolise the situation described in S
    表  biǎo OC: prawʔ MC: piɛu 3 Attributions

    Biǎo 表 refers to a marker indicating where something is, or what something is.

      Syntactic words
    • nabfeatureexternal sign
    • vtoNmark out
    徵  zhēng OC: tɯŋ MC: ʈɨŋ 2 Attributions

    Zhēng 徵 refers to visible symptoms of something, and these symptoms are indicative rather than symbolic of what they indicate.

      Syntactic words
    • nHF: symptom, sign of something underlying
    符  fú MC: bju OC: bo 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nsymbol, mementoCH
    主  zhǔ OC: tjoʔ MC: tɕi̯o 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nspirit tablet，ancestral tablet; Tablette sur laquelle est inscrit le nom d’un défunt; tablettes des ancêtres 神主
    圖  tú OC: daa MC: duo̝ 0 Attributions

    Tú 圖 is used to refer to diagrams representing something abstract. This is a purely graphic almost scientific concept.

      Syntactic words
    • ndiagram
      Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nsymbol, mementoCH
    朕  zhèn OC: rlɯmʔ MC: ɖim 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nsymbol, image; manifestation
    法  fǎ OC: pab MC: pi̯ɐp 0 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Contrast: 象/SYMBOL The standard word for a symbolic representation of something is xiàng 象. This is a philosophical concept of considerable metaphysical depth.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNstativebe modelled on and symbolise
    為  wéi OC: ɢʷal MC: ɦiɛ 0 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Synon: 象/SYMBOL The standard word for a symbolic representation of something is xiàng 象. This is a philosophical concept of considerable metaphysical depth.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNstativesymbolise
    碼  mǎ OC:  MC: mɣɛ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nmarker; symbol