compound ideograph; character formed by combining meaningful components
Technical term in Chinese character classification (六書). Refers to characters whose meaning is derived from the combination of their semantic components, e.g., 休 (person + tree → rest).
See also: 六書
「休」 is a compound ideograph, representing 'rest' from the image of a person beside a tree.
From Chinese 會意／会意 (huìyì), literally 'combined meaning'. The term is used in traditional Chinese character analysis.