MEANING
ENGLISH: Daughter
SPANISH: Hija
Families: Family members
EXPLANATION
The two angled brackets mean repetition. As a family member, you are part of the same, you are a copy of your grandparents or your parents, the bottom angle bracket is the offspring of the first angle bracket. I use an angle bracket to differentiate it from the parentheses I use for parents and grandparents.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Day, morning, daily, summer
SPANISH: Día, mañana, diariamente, verano
Families: Circles, Image abstractions
EXPLANATION
Abstraction from the sun.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Decision, decide, pick, select, determine, vote
SPANISH: Decisión, decidir, elegir, seleccionar, determinar, votar
Families: Image abstractions
EXPLANATION
This is the abstraction of a hand pointing at something using the index finger.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Deep, profound, depth
SPANISH: Hondo, profundo, profundidad
Families: Arrows
EXPLANATION
The downwards arrow is below the surface of the horizontal line. It’s deep below.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Define, definition, meaning, mean
SPANISH: Definición, definir, significado, significar
Families: Punctuation marks
EXPLANATION
You use the colon to define things, to explain their meaning.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Deform, disfigure, distort
SPANISH: Deformar, desfigurar, distorsionar
Families: Letters
EXPLANATION
This is the combination of the letter ‘’d’’ as ‘’deform’’ and the little curly thread below shows the deformation of the ‘’d’’. It works as a single character.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Give birth, delivery, birth
SPANISH: Dar a luz, parto, nacimiento
Families: Image abstractions, Medicine
EXPLANATION
This is the abstraction of a woman with her legs open giving birth.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Depend, condition, conditional, rely on
SPANISH: Depender, condición, condicional
Families: Arrows
EXPLANATION
This is an arbitrary symbol. I use it because I can draw it quickly and it’s unique enough to remind me what it means.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Table, desk, counter
SPANISH: Mesa, escritorio, mostrador
Families: Image abstractions
EXPLANATION
This is the abstraction of a table.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Detail, detailed, point, aspect
SPANISH: Detalle, detallado, punto, aspecto
Families: Lines
EXPLANATION
This is a very arbitrary symbol. The dot is like a small, but specific part of something. Imagine this is a macro view of a grain of sand on your fingertip. That’s the level of ‘’detail’’. Or it could be just the point of something and the arch around it is to make it stand out so we don’t miss it when we read back our notes.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Diagnosis, diagnose
SPANISH: Diagnóstico, diagnosticar
Families: X family, Medicine
EXPLANATION
This is an abreviation.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Death, die
SPANISH: Muerte, morir
Families: Medicine
EXPLANATION
This is an abstraction of the cross on top of tombstones.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Different, differentiate, unequal
SPANISH: Diferente, diferenciar, desigual
Families: Math
EXPLANATION
This symbol is based on an antonym, if this ‘’=’’ is equal, same then this ‘’≠ ‘’ is different, unequal. It’s the idea of crossing out the symbol with a diagonal line (forward slash) to mean the opposite.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Direct, direction, orientation, directly
SPANISH: Dirigir, dirección, orientación, directamente
Families: Image abstractions
EXPLANATION
This is the abstraction of a bow and an arrow being pulled back, ready to be thrown.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Dizzy, lightheaded, dizziness
SPANISH: Mareado, aturdido, mareo
Families: Image abstractions, Medicine
EXPLANATION
This is the abstraction of the little spinning stars around somebody’s head.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Doctor
SPANISH: Doctor, doctora
Families: Medicine, Letters
EXPLANATION
Standard abbreviation for ‘’Doctor’’
MEANING
ENGLISH: Dose, dosage
SPANISH: Dosis
Families: Medicine, Letters
EXPLANATION
Abbreviation of the word ‘’Dose’’
MEANING
ENGLISH: Down, low, fall
SPANISH: Abajo, bajo, caer
Families: Arrow
EXPLANATION
The arrow goes down.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Drugs
SPANISH: Drogas
Families: Letters, Medicine, Legal
EXPLANATION
This is a visual cue + abbreviation. The ‘’d’’ from ‘’drugs’’ and I draw a little line on top to make it a special kind of ‘’d’’ so I never confuse it with anything else.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Dry
SPANISH: Seco, secar
Families: Image abstractions, Medicine
EXPLANATION
This is the abstraction of a washing machine. You use it to dry your clothes.
