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Arrow Splash[edit | edit source]

Japanese
矢絣

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Auspicious Clouds[edit | edit source]

Chinese Japanese
祥雲／祥云 瑞雲

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Blessing[edit | edit source]

The character “blessing” is used in the new year, often hanged up-side-down, because “up-side-down” and “arrive” are homophones.

Chinese
福字

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Blue Sea Wave[edit | edit source]

Japanese
青海波

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Circular Form[edit | edit source]

This symbol is used in Zen and means the absolute enlightenment, strength, elegance, the universe, the void.

Japanese
円相

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Double Happiness[edit | edit source]

The character “double happiness” is used for the marriage.

Chinese
囍

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Emblem[edit | edit source]

These symbols are Japanese emblems to represent identities.

More at https://irohakamon.com/

Japanese
紋
name image
織田木瓜 240px-Oda_ka_%28No_background_and_Black_color_drawing%29.svg.png
加賀梅鉢 240px-Kaga_Umebachi_%28No_background_and_Black_color_drawing%29.svg.png
五七桐 240px-Goshichi_no_kiri.svg.png
仙台笹 285px-Take_ni_Suzume.svg.png
武田菱 320px-Japanese_Crest_Takedabishi.svg.png
長門三つ星 227px-Alex_K_Hiroshima_Mori_kamon.svg.png
丸に十文字 240px-Maru_juji.svg.png
丸に七つ片喰 240px-Nanatsukatabami.png
丸の内に二つ引き 240px-Ashikaga_mon.svg.png
三つ盛り亀甲に花菱 240px-Mitumori_Kikkou_ni_Hanabishi_%28No_background_and_Black_color_drawing%29.svg.png

640px-Akasaki_matsuri.jpg

Endless Knot[edit | edit source]

This symbol is one of the eight auspicious signs in Indian religions.

Chinese Tibetan
盤長／盘长 དཔལ་བེའུ་།

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Endless Swastika[edit | edit source]

Chinese Japanese
萬字不到頭／万字不到头 紗綾形

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640px-Sayagata_motives_on_wall.jpg

Supreme Ultimate[edit | edit source]

Chinese Japanese Korean
太極／太极 太極 태극

240px-Yin_yang.svg.png 240px-Taegeuk.svg.png

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Soyombo[edit | edit source]

Mongolian
соёмбо

ᠰᠣᠶᠤᠮᠪᠤ

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Swastika[edit | edit source]

Chinese Japanese Korean Mongolian Tibetan
卍字 卍字 만자 хас

ᠬᠠᠰ

གཡུང་དྲུང་

240px-Swastika_solarsymbol.svg.png

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Tricolour Supreme Ultimate[edit | edit source]

Korean
삼태극

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Wheel of Joy[edit | edit source]

Tibetan
དགའ་འཁྱིལ

Tibetan_Dharmacakra.png

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