A Study On The Semantic Meaning Of Graphic

The work changed the relationship between human being and the nature through hands, which become a mean of work to obtain materials from nature world. As human being has special sentiment for gestures, the hands of human are no longer as simply as an organ of the body but a symbol which stands for wisdom and culture. Early in the primitive society, our ancestors communicate by hand gestures that are with strong vitality and expressive force and provide abundant graphical imagination resources for human being as an important way of non-verbal communication. Graphic symbols, a significant carrier of meaning and ideology transfer,continuously precipitate, extend and evolve as time passes and history develops. As the motif of graphic design, the graphic symbols of gestures are various. Nowadays, the symbolic language of HANDS has become an international language, especially in the field of graphic design, clearly and accurately presents at different times, in different regions and within different cultures as the combining relationship of the symbol semantics and structure, even more glows with unique vitality in the design of great design masters. Through using the theory of semiotics to sort out and interpret the meaning and symbolism of the HAND graphic symbols, a certain principle can be found out for the modern graphic design and application.