所しょ記き

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

signified; signified concept

Linguistics term, used in semiotics to refer to the concept or meaning that a sign represents. Often contrasted with 能記 (signifier).

See also: 能記

• ソシュールの記き号ごう論ろんでは、能のう記きと所しょ記きの関かん係けいは恣し意い的てきであるとされる。

  In Saussure's semiotics, the relationship between the signifier and the signified is said to be arbitrary.