Semantography - English Dictionary: Symbol Elements Section

The following table shows the first part of the first "preliminary" dictionary section.

The first "preliminary" dictionary section deals with the symbol elements.

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Abbreviations:

1. BPB: Blissymbols Picture Book
2. FB: Book to the Film 'Mr. Symbol Man'
3. SB: Semantography Blissymbolics
4. BEST: Bliss-Everingham Symbol Table
5. SS: Semantography Series

Important Notes

• The symbols are copies from The Blissymbol Picture Book as they are well drawn with the dotted lines. However, in volume 1 of the Blissymbol Picture Book there is a section entitled "Make Haste Charles" (pages 13 and 14). He states that his helpers are finding errors that require correction. Charles replies that the corrections would take much time. Let them stay and let's get on with the work. Some symbols, like drink and needy and the helper, are errors that were not corrected.
• I have to find a way to categorize the parts of speech, like articles and prepositions. Charles does not address this issue in my notes. Originally I placed them all under the thing category, but that did not seem correct. At the moment I am putting them under a category entitled parts of speech.

Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			no meaning
			no meaning
						periods	Punctuation: sentence full stop or period.		BPB 558
			no meaning
					again			Charles originally used two long vertical lines (SB 426).
			no meaning
			neutron			neutrons			SB 503
			no meaning
			no meaning
			colon			colons	Punctuation: colon	Is not used to divide minutes from seconds.	SB 105
			dust, powder		dusty				FB 57
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			no meaning
			no meaning
								Punctuation: Partition of a sentence. Important partition in separating symbols from each other.	SB 445
							Punctuation: quotation marks		SB 445
							ditto; repeat previous		SB 734
			no meaning
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			No meaning unless combined with other symbols.
			No meaning unless combined with other symbols.
			it			they, them			SB 406
					near				BPB 530
					far				BPB 530
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			stick, staff, line, wire, string, hair	elongate, to, straighten, to	straight, linear	lines			SB 278
			thing repeated, copy, repetition	repeat, to, copy, to	repeatedly	copies			SB 283
			limits, frontiers	limit, to	limited	limits, as in plural			SB 283
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			no meaning
			no meaning
			no meaning
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
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			no meaning
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
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							Article: the		SB 447
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Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
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				destroy, to; cross out, to; eliminate, to; obliterate, to					BPB 286
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			No meaning unless combined with other symbols.
				minus, without					SB 105
			No meaning unless combined with other symbols.
					high				SB 246
					low				SB 246
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			sky, heaven, atmosphere						SB 232
			loss	subtraction					SB 105
			ground, earth, basis						SB 232
			world						SB 306
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
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							Article: a, an		SB 447
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Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
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			pen, pencil, writing implement	write, to					SB 324
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			no meaning
			no meaning
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Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
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			No meaning unless combined with other symbols.
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			no meaning
			no meaning
			then (in past), ago		then (in past)				SB 318
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
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			past						SB 107
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			no meaning
			no meaning
			then (in future)						SB 318
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
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Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference"
			fire	burn, to					SB 107
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Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			No meaning unless combined with other Blissymbols.
			No meaning unless combined with other Blissymbols.
			No meaning unless combined with other Blissymbols.
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			No meaning unless combined with other Blissymbols.
			No meaning unless combined with other Blissymbols.
			No meaning unless combined with other Blissymbols.
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
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			water						SB 98
			oil						SB 275
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Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
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			wing (of a bird)						SB 137
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Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
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			grass (leaf of)						SB 455
			grain						SB 455
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
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			No meaning unless combined with other Bissymbols.
			No meaning unless combined with other Bissymbols.
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
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Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
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			ear	hear, to; shine, to; listen, to	auditory, aural, accoustic	ears			SB 288
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Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
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			ear	hear, to; shine, to; listen, to	auditory, aural, accoustic	ears			SB 288
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
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			heart	feel, to	emotional, feelingly	hearts			SB 304
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			No meaning.
			No meaning.
			No meaning.
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
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			No meaning.
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			No meaning.
			No meaning.
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			Note: this was the original symbol for the Superego or conscience. However, the current superego symbol of two mind symbols is now the accepted symbol (see conscience, superego below).						SB 310
			brain, mind, reason	think, to	thoughtful, mindful	thoughts, ideas			SB 307
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			Click here for these symbol combinations.Note: this was the original symbol for the Id, or emotion. However, the symbol for heart was adopted as the symbol for emotion.
			conscience, super ego						SB 307
			soul, mind comprising conscience, reason, emotion	spirit, thoughts, ideas					SB 709
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			no meaning
			vessel, bowl, container	hold, to; keep, to; retain, to		vessels, bowls, containers			SB 364
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Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
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Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			No meaning unless combined with other symbols.
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
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Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			No meaning unless combined with other symbols.
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			mouth	talk, to; speak, to; tell, to	verbal, oral, verbatim	mouths			SB 291
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				is, are					SB 149
			No meaning unless combined with other symbols
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Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
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			sun	sun, to; shine, to	sunny	suns			SB 270
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
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