Symbol - Shocho

Japanese: 象徴 - しょうちょう

〘Noun〙 (Translation of symbol)① (━suru) To express something that is difficult to express in words, or an image, by replacing it with a concrete thing or a sensory word that recalls or evokes it. Also, the thing that is expressed. For example, a cross for Christianity, white for chastity, and a dove for peace. While a metaphor uses an analogy to express the relationship between similar concrete things that are easy to grasp, a symbol is used when comparing something abstract with a concrete thing. Symbol. ※Ishi Bigaku (1883-84) (translated by Nakae Chomin) 2 "Based solely on religious theory, it seeks to define a kind of symbol to represent the virtue of God." ② In philosophy, it generally refers to a symbol that represents something different by convention, not by causal relationship. [Glossary] A translation that was first used during the Meiji period. In "Tetsugaku Jibo" ( 1881 ), it is written as "Symbol 表号". Nakae Chomin was the first to translate the French word "symbol" as "symbol" in his "Ishi Aesthetics."

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (symbole の訳語)① (━する) ことばに表わしにくい事象、心象などに対して、それを想起、連想させるような具体的な事物や感覚的なことばで置きかえて表わすこと。また、その表わしたもの。たとえば、十字架でキリスト教を、白で純潔を、ハトで平和を表わす類。比喩が感覚的に把握しやすい類似した具象と具象との関係をたとえで表わすのに対し、象徴は抽象的なものを具象でたとえる場合にいう。シンボル。※維氏美学（1883‐84）〈中江兆民訳〉二「専ら宗教の説に依り、一種の象徴を定めて以て神の一徳を著はすことを求む」② 哲学で、因果関係によらずに、規約によってそれとは違ったものを表わす記号を一般的にさす。[語誌]明治期にはじめて用いられた訳語。「哲学字彙」（一八八一）には「Symbol 表号」とある。中江兆民が挙例の「維氏美学」で、フランス語 symbole に「象徴」を訳語としてあてたのが最初である。

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