The EL system is set up as much rationally as possible learning from
the nature system. But on the other hand, it is important to be convenient
for humans. If only logical methods are used, for describing classification
of living things, a name of a kingdom must be the simplest, and for a phylum,
for a class... for each level adding another character to distinguish
from others, a name of a species has to be a very complicated base overlay. E.g. human needs a
base overlay with many elements.
So the things which are commonly familiar in daily lives of most of us were
set with simple shapes, each symbolizing the shape of the thing, or relating
to a part of the larger group character.
(N.B.) For the concepts and the words in this section, I referred
to 'LIFE SCIENCE' by Paul G. Jantzen and Judith L. Michel, 1986 Macmillan
Publishing Company; also searched through Wikipedia. But EL word concepts are not that scholarly right now.
Here shows just for a tentative basic plan. For more details of the
way to classify, go the classification page and the related pages for the
samples in the Illustrated
Dictionary section.
#66(plant)
and #67(life)
works well in this category, #65
is used for mankind and the relatives.
(66):
means plant as itself, and it's used for a character related to Plantae and Fungi
kingdoms and greenish lives in water. Also this is sometimes used for a
character meaning some animals and the parts relating to this shape.
(67):
means life by itself, and it's used in a base overlay for a part of living things
and a kind of animals relating to the shape or the meaning of 'animal' {67,41}
(65):
means human or person by itself, and it's used for a base overlay about human society
things and the mammals of Primate where mankind belongs to.
The bases of parts of 'color', 'taste', 'special usage for human'
or the bases relating to 'size' or 'shape', etc. to add in a character would help
to distinguish species from a larger group
: bacteria
including some kind of fungi {02,67}(one(02) cell((01invisible in this case),67)
living thing); d-v: be infected (bacteria work in the subject's body
@ fermenting (+21 progressing with 36 time and bacteria)
: protists
{41 move,66}( These are animal-like and plant-like things, so the letter
is the combination of both characterized bases ):
mushroom
{66,69}( the typical shape of the stem and the cap from the side)
@ mushroom spore (+16 as the spreading dots shape)
: algae
{42,66}(the shape of plant in a wave symbolizing water; #42 is a part
of 'sea' and 'river':
fern
{12,66}(used #12 because of the zigzag shape like typical fern leaves usually
have)
@ moss
(+08 small)( this group does not have seed )
: tree
{37,66}(a symbolic tree shape)
@ forest
(+10,26)/ jungle (+10,26,64 emphasized plants forest) /
bamboo (+14,34
the trunk is pipe {14,34} shaped) /
wooden board
(+13,28 board)
: grasses
{23,66}( typical grass shape); d-v: become dense
@ vegetable (cultivated grass)
(+38 human grown) /
wild grasses
(+37 natural; in this case forget about the combination of 'tree' {37,66})/
water grasses
(+42 large water image; different from 'algae' )
: vine
{43,66}(clung branch shape); d-v: cling (the action or the character like
vine is the subject's
@ grape(s)
(+37,67 combination of vine, tree {37,66} and fruit {66,67})
: the
generic letter for any kind of rice {40,66}( the shape of a grain of rice)
@ the grass part of rice including rice straw (+23 from grasses)
: the
generic letter of wheat, barley, oat, rye kind of plant {59,66}(the shape
of the grain )
@ the grass part of them including wheat straw (+23 from grasses)
: parasitic
plant {58,66}( hanging plant (from other plant) ); d-v: live upon:
animal
{41,67}(the lives who move by themselves )
@ coral (+63,66 branch.. wood branch looking animal) /
sponges (porifera) (+42 filled with the sea water) /
clams (bivalves shell-fish)
(+24 from 'shell' {24,67}) / snails (+24,43 rolled) /
jelly-fish (+43,44 always close and open) / See various Mammals
(+15 as the symbolic nipple shapes) in the Illustrated Dictionary.
:
insects {40,45,66}(a typical insect shape ); {45,66} combination is used
for symbolizing legs and a couple of antennae of some animals. Not only
adding other bases on top of 'insects' character, for the simplicity some
animals are represented by exchanging an element from 'insects' according
to the body shapes or their characteristics. ('-40 +...' in the brackets
means 'remove #40 and add ...in the following sections)
@ beetles
(-40,+69)(a typical beetles shape) / butterfly
(-40,+28 plane, sheets) /
grasshoppers
(+23 from 'grass' {23,66}/ See more variety
of Insects here.
crustaceans like crabs and lobsters
(-40 +24,67 shell) /
crabs
(-40 +24,67, 19,20 showing horizontally spreading shape) /
prawn, lobster kind
(-40 +24,67, 17,18 showing vertically spreading shape)
08(small) in front: shrimps
:
fish {21,36,39}(typical fish shape ); d-v: swim
@ swimming (+53 situation)/ swimmer (+53,65 person or people) / hooked
fish or fishing (+58 hook shape) / fisher (+58,65)
:
amphibians {45 relation,59 water,70 space, air} (these animals live in
both water and air, also the total shape is like a frog )
@ frogs
(+17 up: they often jump up) /
salamanders
(+18 down: they usually crawling in the bottom of air or water)/
tadpoles (-45, +62,69 tail: removed legs shape and added the tail character)
: reptiles
{41move,43 rolled}; d-v: creep
@ creeping (+53 situation) / snake
(+03 a line shaped) /
turtles and tortoises
(+69 for the ellipse body shape) /
lizard
(+48,51 legs) / crocodiles and alligators
(+42 in a river, 48,51) /
dinosaur
(+48,51, 64 violent)
:
birds {23,41,70}(typical bird shape opening its wings, also relates to
'air' and 'movement' in the elements )
@ flying (+53 situation) / small birds (+08 small) / large birds (+07
large) /
water birds
(+42 stream or ocean) / birds of prey
(+64 violent) /
ostriches
(+{48,51} legs)
: (primate) {13,15
similar to, 65 mankind}
See various Primates in the
Illustrated Dictionary.