Strategy for Random Symbols Memory Training Symbol

Hello, let me know if this is the wrong forum.

For the month of February, I’ve been doing Random Symbols training daily. I’m only doing the 5x5 grid and I struggle to make it to the 2nd row.

Does anyone have any advise on how to approach getting better at this memory training?

Right now all I do is look at the symbols and try to associate that symbol to something that I can easily remember. Some of those symbols, I don’t know what they are, so that makes it harder.

thanks

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Try assigning one unique image to each symbol.

Or the best way I see it is to have have 2 symbol forming one image (each symbol representing a sound, linking the sound together makes a word, thus a picture). If you run out of sounds, try giving differentiated sounds such as having A (for CAT), and a (for hay), like the Ben system (https://artofmemory.com/wiki/Ben_System)

Suggestions only, I never tried it.

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For the 5x5 grid, everytime I start a new game, is it the same symbols or not?

The reason I ask is that I was going to make a table in a document. On the left hand side, would be the symbol and then on the right hand side, would be an image that would be linked to the symbol.

Am I on the right path?

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The amount of symbol seems to be over 100 :o also it seems that we are given a unique 25 (no repeats) amount of those 100+ symbols for a 5x5 grid games. I guess you will have to keep taking photos to fish out the symbols. So mayby do 5x5 grid once per day and just focus on the symbol it provides, see if it shows a unique symbol you have not seen or not, and slowly build your system up so each symbol has a standard picture. I will come and join you once I master another system that I am creating (probably 4month…lols)

Example I have taken (jesus I want to quit already haha, but worth it when you mastered it and show it off):

First row: Old telephone, Triton, slingshot, fish bowl, McDonald’s glowing symbol, eye, nail, rock on mountain rolling downwards, laptop, candle.
image
image

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Ok, that is what I was wondering.

I have OpenOffice Writer and will have to create some sort of table with the symbol to the left and the image I’m linking to it on the right hand side.

EDIT: Seems like OpenOffice Writer doesn’t have all of the symbols available. I’m not very familiar with all of these special characters. If someone can make a recommendation on how to access to these characters so I can start making this table, that would be great.

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It depends on what font you are using. Try to go on the glyphs panel, and select Arial f.e. it should give you some symbols choice.

Yes I’m using Arial and when it comes to Symbols choice, don’t have a full set of choices that reflect the Symbols of the Random Symbols game.

I do recommend just make it as you go, so start simple at 5*5 and just use whatever image that comes to mind for each unique symbol. You dont have to memorise it, you will memorise it with time :wink: this is what I did with the names game in memory league, I make a symbol for each name, and after that you will remember it. Try not to jam your self with too much symbol at once btw :wink:

I know it’s been months but…
If you’re in Windows:
Press Win + R for the Run prompt
Type “charmap” and press enter

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Here’s a list of all of them. I think there are 498 symbols. They are HTML entities. The forum will print them differently than in the game. If enough people are interested in the game, I could try to improve it a bit. That one hasn’t been updated in a long time.

The game is here, for anyone who hasn’t tried it:

Symbol Name
:sunny: BLACK SUN WITH RAYS
:cloud: CLOUD
:open_umbrella: UMBRELLA
:snowman_with_snow: SNOWMAN
:comet: COMET
BLACK STAR
WHITE STAR
LIGHTNING
THUNDERSTORM
SUN
ASCENDING NODE
DESCENDING NODE
CONJUNCTION
OPPOSITION
:phone: BLACK TELEPHONE
WHITE TELEPHONE
BALLOT BOX
:ballot_box_with_check: BALLOT BOX WITH CHECK
BALLOT BOX WITH X
SALTIRE
:umbrella: UMBRELLA WITH RAIN DROPS
:coffee: HOT BEVERAGE
WHITE SHOGI PIECE
BLACK SHOGI PIECE
:shamrock: SHAMROCK
REVERSED ROTATED FLORAL HEART BULLET
BLACK LEFT POINTING INDEX
BLACK RIGHT POINTING INDEX
WHITE LEFT POINTING INDEX
:point_up: WHITE UP POINTING INDEX
WHITE RIGHT POINTING INDEX
WHITE DOWN POINTING INDEX
:skull_and_crossbones: SKULL AND CROSSBONES
CAUTION SIGN
:radioactive: RADIOACTIVE SIGN
:biohazard: BIOHAZARD SIGN
CADUCEUS
ANKH
:orthodox_cross: ORTHODOX CROSS
CHI RHO
CROSS OF LORRAINE
CROSS OF JERUSALEM
:star_and_crescent: STAR AND CRESCENT
FARSI SYMBOL
ADI SHAKTI
HAMMER AND SICKLE
:peace_symbol: PEACE SYMBOL
:yin_yang: YIN YANG
TRIGRAM FOR HEAVEN
TRIGRAM FOR LAKE
TRIGRAM FOR FIRE
TRIGRAM FOR THUNDER
TRIGRAM FOR WIND
TRIGRAM FOR WATER
TRIGRAM FOR MOUNTAIN
TRIGRAM FOR EARTH
:wheel_of_dharma: WHEEL OF DHARMA
:frowning: WHITE FROWNING FACE
:smiling_face: WHITE SMILING FACE
:slight_smile: BLACK SMILING FACE
WHITE SUN WITH RAYS
FIRST QUARTER MOON
LAST QUARTER MOON
MERCURY
:female_sign: FEMALE SIGN
EARTH
:male_sign: MALE SIGN
JUPITER
SATURN
URANUS
NEPTUNE
PLUTO
:aries: ARIES
:taurus: TAURUS
:gemini: GEMINI
:cancer: CANCER
:leo: LEO
:virgo: VIRGO
:libra: LIBRA
:scorpius: SCORPIUS
:sagittarius: SAGITTARIUS
:capricorn: CAPRICORN
:aquarius: AQUARIUS
:pisces: PISCES
WHITE CHESS KING
WHITE CHESS QUEEN
WHITE CHESS ROOK
WHITE CHESS BISHOP
WHITE CHESS KNIGHT
WHITE CHESS PAWN
BLACK CHESS KING
BLACK CHESS QUEEN
BLACK CHESS ROOK
BLACK CHESS BISHOP
BLACK CHESS KNIGHT
:chess_pawn: BLACK CHESS PAWN
:spades: BLACK SPADE SUIT
:heart: WHITE HEART SUIT
WHITE DIAMOND SUIT
:clubs: BLACK CLUB SUIT
WHITE SPADE SUIT
:heart: BLACK HEART SUIT
:diamonds: BLACK DIAMOND SUIT
WHITE CLUB SUIT
:hotsprings: HOT SPRINGS
QUARTER NOTE
EIGHTH NOTE
BEAMED EIGHTH NOTES
BEAMED SIXTEENTH NOTES
MUSIC FLAT SIGN
MUSIC NATURAL SIGN
MUSIC SHARP SIGN
WEST SYRIAC CROSS
EAST SYRIAC CROSS
UNIVERSAL RECYCLING SYMBOL
RECYCLING SYMBOL FOR TYPE-1 PLASTICS
RECYCLING SYMBOL FOR TYPE-2 PLASTICS
RECYCLING SYMBOL FOR TYPE-3 PLASTICS
RECYCLING SYMBOL FOR TYPE-4 PLASTICS
RECYCLING SYMBOL FOR TYPE-5 PLASTICS
RECYCLING SYMBOL FOR TYPE-6 PLASTICS
RECYCLING SYMBOL FOR TYPE-7 PLASTICS
RECYCLING SYMBOL FOR GENERIC MATERIALS
:recycle: BLACK UNIVERSAL RECYCLING SYMBOL
RECYCLED PAPER SYMBOL
PARTIALLY-RECYCLED PAPER SYMBOL
:infinity: PERMANENT PAPER SIGN
:wheelchair: WHEELCHAIR SYMBOL
DIE FACE-1
DIE FACE-2
DIE FACE-3
DIE FACE-4
DIE FACE-5
DIE FACE-6
WHITE CIRCLE WITH DOT RIGHT
WHITE CIRCLE WITH TWO DOTS
BLACK CIRCLE WITH WHITE DOT RIGHT
BLACK CIRCLE WITH TWO WHITE DOTS
MONOGRAM FOR YANG
MONOGRAM FOR YIN
DIGRAM FOR GREATER YANG
DIGRAM FOR LESSER YIN
DIGRAM FOR LESSER YANG
DIGRAM FOR GREATER YIN
WHITE FLAG
BLACK FLAG
:hammer_and_pick: HAMMER AND PICK
:anchor: ANCHOR
:crossed_swords: CROSSED SWORDS
:medical_symbol: STAFF OF AESCULAPIUS
:balance_scale: SCALES
:alembic: ALEMBIC
FLOWER
:gear: GEAR
STAFF OF HERMES
:atom_symbol: ATOM SYMBOL
:fleur_de_lis: FLEUR-DE-LIS
OUTLINED WHITE STAR
THREE LINES CONVERGING RIGHT
THREE LINES CONVERGING LEFT
:warning: WARNING SIGN
:zap: HIGH VOLTAGE SIGN
DOUBLED FEMALE SIGN
DOUBLED MALE SIGN
INTERLOCKED FEMALE AND MALE SIGN
MALE AND FEMALE SIGN
MALE WITH STROKE SIGN
:transgender_symbol: MALE WITH STROKE AND MALE AND FEMALE SIGN
VERTICAL MALE WITH STROKE SIGN
HORIZONTAL MALE WITH STROKE SIGN
:white_circle: MEDIUM WHITE CIRCLE
:black_circle: MEDIUM BLACK CIRCLE
MEDIUM SMALL WHITE CIRCLE
MARRIAGE SYMBOL
DIVORCE SYMBOL
UNMARRIED PARTNERSHIP SYMBOL
:coffin: COFFIN
:funeral_urn: FUNERAL URN
NEUTER
CERES
PALLAS
JUNO
VESTA
CHIRON
BLACK MOON LILITH
SEXTILE
SEMISEXTILE
QUINCUNX
SESQUIQUADRATE
:soccer: SOCCER BALL
:baseball: BASEBALL
SQUARED KEY
WHITE DRAUGHTS MAN
WHITE DRAUGHTS KING
BLACK DRAUGHTS MAN
BLACK DRAUGHTS KING
:snowman: SNOWMAN WITHOUT SNOW
:partly_sunny: SUN BEHIND CLOUD
RAIN
BLACK SNOWMAN
:cloud_with_lightning_and_rain: THUNDER CLOUD AND RAIN
TURNED WHITE SHOGI PIECE
TURNED BLACK SHOGI PIECE
WHITE DIAMOND IN SQUARE
CROSSING LANES
DISABLED CAR
:ophiuchus: OPHIUCHUS
:pick: PICK
CAR SLIDING
:rescue_worker_helmet: HELMET WITH WHITE CROSS
CIRCLED CROSSING LANES
:chains: CHAINS
:no_entry: NO ENTRY
ALTERNATE ONE-WAY LEFT WAY TRAFFIC
BLACK TWO-WAY LEFT WAY TRAFFIC
WHITE TWO-WAY LEFT WAY TRAFFIC
BLACK LEFT LANE MERGE
WHITE LEFT LANE MERGE
DRIVE SLOW SIGN
HEAVY WHITE DOWN-POINTING TRIANGLE
LEFT CLOSED ENTRY
SQUARED SALTIRE
FALLING DIAGONAL IN WHITE CIRCLE IN BLACK SQUARE
BLACK TRUCK
RESTRICTED LEFT ENTRY-1
RESTRICTED LEFT ENTRY-2
ASTRONOMICAL SYMBOL FOR URANUS
HEAVY CIRCLE WITH STROKE AND TWO DOTS ABOVE
PENTAGRAM
RIGHT-HANDED INTERLACED PENTAGRAM
LEFT-HANDED INTERLACED PENTAGRAM
INVERTED PENTAGRAM
BLACK CROSS ON SHIELD
:shinto_shrine: SHINTO SHRINE
:church: CHURCH
CASTLE
HISTORIC SITE
GEAR WITHOUT HUB
GEAR WITH HANDLES
MAP SYMBOL FOR LIGHTHOUSE
:mountain: MOUNTAIN
:parasol_on_ground: UMBRELLA ON GROUND
:fountain: FOUNTAIN
:golf: FLAG IN HOLE
:ferry: FERRY
:sailboat: SAILBOAT
SQUARE FOUR CORNERS
:skier: SKIER
:ice_skate: ICE SKATE
:basketball_man: PERSON WITH BALL
:tent: TENT
JAPANESE BANK SYMBOL
HEADSTONE GRAVEYARD SYMBOL
:fuelpump: FUEL PUMP
CUP ON BLACK SQUARE
WHITE FLAG WITH HORIZONTAL MIDDLE BLACK STRIPE
& ampersand
< less-than sign
> greater-than sign
¡ inverted exclamation mark
¢ cent sign
£ pound sign
¤ currency sign
¥ yen sign (yuan sign)
¦ broken bar (broken vertical bar)
§ section sign
¨ diaeresis (spacing diaeresis); see Germanic umlaut
© copyright symbol
ª feminine ordinal indicator
« left-pointing double angle quotation mark (left pointing guillemet)
¬ not sign
® registered sign (registered trademark symbol)
¯ macron (spacing macron, overline, APL overbar)
° degree symbol
± plus-minus sign (plus-or-minus sign)
² superscript two (superscript digit two, squared)
³ superscript three (superscript digit three, cubed)
´ acute accent (spacing acute)
µ micro sign
pilcrow sign (paragraph sign)
· middle dot (Georgian comma, Greek middle dot)
¸ cedilla (spacing cedilla)
¹ superscript one (superscript digit one)
º masculine ordinal indicator
» right-pointing double angle quotation mark (right pointing guillemet)
¼ vulgar fraction one quarter (fraction one quarter)
½ vulgar fraction one half (fraction one half)
¾ vulgar fraction three quarters (fraction three quarters)
¿ inverted question mark (turned question mark)
À Latin capital letter A with grave accent (Latin capital letter A grave)
Á Latin capital letter A with acute accent
 Latin capital letter A with circumflex
à Latin capital letter A with tilde
Ä Latin capital letter A with diaeresis
Å Latin capital letter A with ring above (Latin capital letter A ring)
Æ Latin capital letter AE (Latin capital ligature AE)
Ç Latin capital letter C with cedilla
È Latin capital letter E with grave accent
É Latin capital letter E with acute accent
Ê Latin capital letter E with circumflex
Ë Latin capital letter E with diaeresis
Ì Latin capital letter I with grave accent
Í Latin capital letter I with acute accent
Î Latin capital letter I with circumflex
Ï Latin capital letter I with diaeresis
Ð Latin capital letter Eth
Ñ Latin capital letter N with tilde
Ò Latin capital letter O with grave accent
Ó Latin capital letter O with acute accent
Ô Latin capital letter O with circumflex
Õ Latin capital letter O with tilde
Ö Latin capital letter O with diaeresis
× multiplication sign
Ø Latin capital letter O with stroke (Latin capital letter O slash)
Ù Latin capital letter U with grave accent
Ú Latin capital letter U with acute accent
Û Latin capital letter U with circumflex
Ü Latin capital letter U with diaeresis
Ý Latin capital letter Y with acute accent
Þ Latin capital letter THORN
ß Latin small letter sharp s (ess-zed); see German Eszett
à Latin small letter a with grave accent
á Latin small letter a with acute accent
â Latin small letter a with circumflex
ã Latin small letter a with tilde
ä Latin small letter a with diaeresis
å Latin small letter a with ring above
æ Latin small letter ae (Latin small ligature ae)
ç Latin small letter c with cedilla
è Latin small letter e with grave accent
é Latin small letter e with acute accent
ê Latin small letter e with circumflex
ë Latin small letter e with diaeresis
ì Latin small letter i with grave accent
í Latin small letter i with acute accent
î Latin small letter i with circumflex
ï Latin small letter i with diaeresis
ð Latin small letter eth
ñ Latin small letter n with tilde
ò Latin small letter o with grave accent
ó Latin small letter o with acute accent
ô Latin small letter o with circumflex
õ Latin small letter o with tilde
ö Latin small letter o with diaeresis
÷ division sign (obelus)
ø Latin small letter o with stroke (Latin small letter o slash)
ù Latin small letter u with grave accent
ú Latin small letter u with acute accent
û Latin small letter u with circumflex
ü Latin small letter u with diaeresis
ý Latin small letter y with acute accent
þ Latin small letter thorn
ÿ Latin small letter y with diaeresis
Œ Latin capital ligature oe[e]
œ Latin small ligature oe[e]
Š Latin capital letter s with caron
š Latin small letter s with caron
Ÿ Latin capital letter y with diaeresis
ƒ Latin small letter f with hook (function, florin)
ˆ modifier letter circumflex accent
˜ small tilde
Α Greek capital letter Alpha
Β Greek capital letter Beta
Γ Greek capital letter Gamma
Δ Greek capital letter Delta
Ε Greek capital letter Epsilon
Ζ Greek capital letter Zeta
Η Greek capital letter Eta
Θ Greek capital letter Theta
Ι Greek capital letter Iota
Κ Greek capital letter Kappa
Λ Greek capital letter Lambda
Μ Greek capital letter Mu
Ν Greek capital letter Nu
Ξ Greek capital letter Xi
Ο Greek capital letter Omicron
Π Greek capital letter Pi
Ρ Greek capital letter Rho
Σ Greek capital letter Sigma
Τ Greek capital letter Tau
Υ Greek capital letter Upsilon
Φ Greek capital letter Phi
Χ Greek capital letter Chi
Ψ Greek capital letter Psi
Ω Greek capital letter Omega
α Greek small letter alpha
β Greek small letter beta
γ Greek small letter gamma
δ Greek small letter delta
ε Greek small letter epsilon
ζ Greek small letter zeta
η Greek small letter eta
θ Greek small letter theta
ι Greek small letter iota
κ Greek small letter kappa
λ Greek small letter lambda
μ Greek small letter mu
ν Greek small letter nu
ξ Greek small letter xi
ο Greek small letter omicron
π Greek small letter pi
ρ Greek small letter rho
ς Greek small letter final sigma
σ Greek small letter sigma
τ Greek small letter tau
υ Greek small letter upsilon
φ Greek small letter phi
χ Greek small letter chi
ψ Greek small letter psi
ω Greek small letter omega
ϑ Greek theta symbol
ϒ Greek Upsilon with hook symbol
ϖ Greek pi symbol
en dash
em dash
left single quotation mark
right single quotation mark
single low-9 quotation mark
left double quotation mark
right double quotation mark
double low-9 quotation mark
dagger, obelisk
double dagger, double obelisk
bullet (black small circle)[f]
horizontal ellipsis (three dot leader)
per mille sign
prime (minutes, feet)
double prime (seconds, inches)
single left-pointing angle quotation mark[g]
single right-pointing angle quotation mark[g]
overline (spacing overscore)
fraction slash (solidus)
euro sign
black-letter capital I (imaginary part)
script capital P (power set, Weierstrass p)
black-letter capital R (real part symbol)
trademark symbol
alef symbol (first transfinite cardinal)[h]
leftwards arrow
upwards arrow
rightwards arrow
downwards arrow
left right arrow
downwards arrow with corner leftwards (carriage return)
leftwards double arrow[i]
upwards double arrow
rightwards double arrow[j]
downwards double arrow
left right double arrow
for all
partial differential
there exists
empty set (null set); see also U+8960,
del or nabla (vector differential operator)
element of
not an element of
contains as member
n-ary product (product sign)[k]
n-ary summation[l]
minus sign
asterisk operator
square root (radical sign)
proportional to
infinity
angle
logical and (wedge)
logical or (vee)
intersection (cap)
union (cup)
integral
therefore sign
tilde operator (varies with, similar to)[m]
congruent to
almost equal to (asymptotic to)
not equal to
identical to; sometimes used for equivalent to
less-than or equal to
greater-than or equal to
subset of
superset of[n]
not a subset of
subset of or equal to
superset of or equal to
circled plus (direct sum)
circled times (vector product)
up tack (orthogonal to, perpendicular)[o]
dot operator[p]
left ceiling (APL upstile)
right ceiling
left floor (APL downstile)
right floor
left-pointing angle bracket (bra)[q]
right-pointing angle bracket (ket)[r]
lozenge
:spades: black spade suit[f]
:clubs: black club suit (shamrock)[f]
:heart: black heart suit (valentine)[f]
:diamonds: black diamond suit[f]
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Thanks.

Better late then never…thanks for the info.

And yes I try to play the symbol game as much as I can when I have the free time.

thanks

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One strategy I found helpful in memorizing random symbols is to assign a unique image or story to each symbol. This technique, known as the “method of loci” or “memory palace,” can help us associate the symbols with a visual representation, making them easier to remember.

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