noun
signifier
Linguistics term from Saussurean semiotics; the acoustic image or form of a sign, as opposed to the concept it represents (所記, signified).
See also: 所記
ソシュールの記号論では、能記と所記の関係は恣意的であるとされる。
In Saussure's semiotics, the relationship between the signifier and the signified is said to be arbitrary.