# Symbols

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<summary>About symbols</summary>

There are different kinds of symbols.

* Things that represent concepts intuitively. (☯️)
* Things that represent concepts metaphorically (but [are not](#user-content-fn-1)[^1] immediately intuitive).
* Things that represent concepts by consensus. (☯️)
* There are also smbols that are intuitive within a specific context. (🔀)

We also have classes of symbols:

* graphic (image, shape, picture)
* sonic (sound)
* lexic (word)
* letric (letter; usually a simple sound with a meaning, then combined into words)
* sigilic (self-composed symbol based on parts taken from the chosen concept)

Sigils are covered in a [separate section](sigils) of the website.

The study of symbols and their histories is part of the study of signs, called _semiotics_.

_**→ 🔗 Read more**_ [about-symbols](symbols/about-symbols "mention")&#x20;

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_Visit the page on_ [world-symbols](symbols/world-symbols "mention") if you want to familiarise yourself with symbols that are in common use around the world, recognised by millions if not billions of people.



[^1]: can we use "not're"?
