Word Meaning 表意

ひょうい hyoui

表意 is read as ひょうい (hyoui) and means ideography.

Meaning

English

  1. ideography
  2. expressing one's intent
  3. gesture

Reading

Kana

ひょうい

Romaji

hyoui

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 45451 Priority H

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

表意定数

ひょういていすう

figurative constant

意思表示

いしひょうじ

declaration of intent

意表

いひょう

surprise

意表に出る

いひょうにでる

to take (someone) by surprise

意表外

いひょうがい

unexpected

意表をつく

いひょうをつく

to take (someone) by surprise

表す

あらわす

to express

表現

ひょうげん

representation (of a group)

表面

ひょうめん

appearances

おもて

Omotesenke school of tea ceremony

表情

ひょうじょう

facial expression

表記

ひょうき

writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope)

Example Sentences

1

One of the reasons Twitter is popular in Japan is a characteristic of Japanese itself: Japanese uses ideograms which enable it to convey more information in just 140 characters than other languages, not counting Chinese. Incidentally, the Japanese version of this sentence is written with exactly 140 characters. How many characters does it take in other languages?