For example: ζΌ’ε from both ζ₯ζ¬θͺ (JP) and δΈζ (ZH) are derivative from semantic concepts based on what they saw around them (when both languages were first created), kind of like this:
There's more examples of it I can come up with such as the following:
Also, both languages allow this writing orientation (R-L vertical):
I mean, they even have words that are "swapable" (mainly how characters are positioned but retain the same definition) as shown:
The thing is, both languages are logographic which allows for this form of conceptualization regarding vocabulary based on "shape":
That is in contrast with languages that use alphabets (as those are based on sound) while ζ₯ζ¬θͺ (JP) and δΈζ (ZH) are "pictorial" if that makes sense, meaning each character conveys a word or concept rather than a single letter that has no inherent definition.
Interesting read.
I think parts of Indo-European languages (nouns, verbs) can be represented by icons the same way a logographic language can be spelled out phonetically. The questions are: (1) how do you represent other kins of words, and (2) what icons to use π΅βπ«π€·πΎββ