MEANING
ENGLISH: Material, matter
SPANISH: Material, materia, asunto
Families: Circles, Letters
EXPLANATION
This is the ‘’M’’ as in ‘’material’’. The circle is to make the symbol different enough so it jumpstarts your memory.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Maybe, perhaps, maybe, chance, possibility, likely
SPANISH: Quizás, puede que, probabilidad, posibilidad, probable
Families: Letters
EXPLANATION
This is an abstraction of a symbol. Abstracting is one of the hardest skills to master, but train your eye to see abstractions. This is a deconstructed ‘’P’’ from ‘’Possibility’’, then we have all the possible synonyms or at least related words. Why do we deconstruct the ‘’P’’? Because we want our symbol to stand out, bizarre things help you remember more.
MEANING
ENGLISH: My, mine
SPANISH: Mi, mio
Families: Letters
EXPLANATION
This symbol combines the cursive ‘’M’’ and the cursive ‘’E’’ and mixes them into a single character.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Meantime
SPANISH: Mientras tanto
Families: Plotting, Letters
EXPLANATION
Notice how instead of drawing ‘’MT’’ I only drew the 00M00 and used the very last vertical line of the M to add the T, just by drawing a horizontal line.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Meanwhile
SPANISH: Mientras tanto
Families: Letters, Plotting
EXPLANATION
This is an abbreviation + a visual cue. The ‘’m’’ for ‘’mean’’ ‘’w’’ for ‘’while’’ that projects a horizontal line.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Measure, meter, measurement, distance
SPANISH: Medir, medidor, medida, distance
Families: Image abstractions
EXPLANATION
This is the abstraction of a ruler. You use a ruler to measure distance.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Medicine, medication, medical, healthy, health
SPANISH: Medicina, medicamento, médico, sano, saludable, salud
Families: Circles, Medicine, Image abstractions
EXPLANATION
This is an abstraction of the ‘’red cross’’ symbol, but it is round because round shapes are easier to draw. Also, to not confuse the ‘’plus sign inside a square’’ that usually means ''hospital''.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Message, send, mail
SPANISH: Mensaje, enviar, correo
Families: Image abstractions
EXPLANATION
This is the abstraction of a mail envelope. Notice how I didn’t draw some of the lines to save strokes (red). Your brain ‘’completes the image’’ (Gestalt) without needing to draw the rest.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Center, middle, intermediate, central, mid
SPANISH: Centro, medio, intermedio, central, medio
Families: Lines
EXPLANATION
This is a visual abstraction. The little dot is in the middle of the two lines, which is also the center.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Miles, mileage, dashboard
SPANISH: Millas, millaje, tablero
Families: Image abstractions
EXPLANATION
This is the abstraction of the dashboard of a car.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Milk
SPANISH: Leche
Families: Foods, Letters, Compound symbols
EXPLANATION
This is a combination of symbols or an abbreviation + visual cues.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Less, minus, negative
SPANISH: Menos, negativo
Families: Lines, Math
EXPLANATION
Standard minus symbol.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Miss, skip, lost, lose
SPANISH: Pedir, perdido, faltar
Families: Lines
EXPLANATION
This is a vertical line with something missing in the middle (the continuity of the line is broke up by a dot). The line missed that particular spot.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Moderate, moderation
SPANISH: Moderar, moderado
Families: Basic shapes, Medicine
EXPLANATION
This is an arbitrary symbol. I started to use it and it stuck with me. I like to think that horizontal line crossing the triangle is in the middle because it’s moderately elevated, not to high, not too low.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Month, monthly
SPANISH: Mes, mensualmente
Families: Letters
EXPLANATION
Abbreviation from the word ‘’Month’’.
MEANING
ENGLISH: More, add, mostly, plus, sum, positive
SPANISH: Más, mayormente, sumar, añadir, positivo
Families: Math
EXPLANATION
Standard plus symbol.
MEANING
ENGLISH: More than
SPANISH: Más que
Families: Math, Arrows
EXPLANATION
Math symbol. This symbol is usually placed between two symbols, especially after verbs. For example:
MEANING
ENGLISH: Mother, mom, mommy
SPANISH: Madre, mama, mami
Families: Family members
EXPLANATION
The two parentheses mean repetition. As a family member, you are part of the same, you are a copy of your grandparents or your parents, the bottom parenthesis is the offspring of the first parenthesis.
The two parentheses mean repetition. As a family member, you are part of the same, you are a copy of your grandparents or your parents, the bottom parenthesis is the offspring of the first parenthesis.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Mother in law
SPANISH: Suegra
Families: Compound symbols, Family members
EXPLANATION
The two parentheses mean repetition. As a family member, you are part of the same, you are a copy of your grandparents or your parents, the bottom parenthesis is the offspring of the first parenthesis.
This is the symbol for woman, a mother is usually a woman.
Combination of symbols
MEANING
ENGLISH: Eat, mouth, ingest, lips
SPANISH: Comer, boca, ingerir, labios
Families: Body parts, Image abstractions
EXPLANATION
This is the abstraction of a mouth (lips).
MEANING
ENGLISH: Move, movement, flow, circulation, motion, twist
SPANISH: Mover, movimiento, flujo, circulación, doblar
Families: Lines, Image abstractions
EXPLANATION
This is an abstraction of what you do when you pour a liquid from one cup to another to mix it well.
