# 通用表意文字[编辑]

**通用表意文字**（拉丁语术语为characteristica universalis；英语当中常解释为 *universal characteristic* 或 *universal character*；中文之中又常常称为**普遍表意文字**、**普遍语言**、通用语言、**普适语言**以及**普适科学语言**等），是德国哲学家戈特弗里德·莱布尼茨所设想的一种通用的形式化语言；该语言能够表达数学、科学以及形而上学（纯粹哲学）方面的概念。莱布尼茨希望创建的是一种可以在通用逻辑运算或者说推理演算框架之下加以使用的语言。

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