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Arrow Splash[edit | edit source]
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矢絣 |
Auspicious Clouds[edit | edit source]
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祥雲/祥云 | 瑞雲 |
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.
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福字 |
Blue Sea Wave[edit | edit source]
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青海波 |
Circular Form[edit | edit source]
This symbol is used in Zen and means the absolute enlightenment, strength, elegance, the universe, the void.
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円相 |
Double Happiness[edit | edit source]
The character “double happiness” is used for the marriage.
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囍 |
Emblem[edit | edit source]
These symbols are Japanese emblems to represent identities.
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紋 |
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織田木瓜 | |
加賀梅鉢 | |
五七桐 | |
仙台笹 | |
武田菱 | |
長門三つ星 | |
丸に十文字 | |
丸に七つ片喰 | |
丸の内に二つ引き | |
三つ盛り亀甲に花菱 |
Endless Knot[edit | edit source]
This symbol is one of the eight auspicious signs in Indian religions.
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盤長/盘长 | དཔལ་བེའུ་། |
Endless Swastika[edit | edit source]
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萬字不到頭/万字不到头 | 紗綾形 |
Supreme Ultimate[edit | edit source]
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太極/太极 | 太極 | 태극 |
Soyombo[edit | edit source]
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соёмбо
ᠰᠣᠶᠤᠮᠪᠤ |
Swastika[edit | edit source]
Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Mongolian | Tibetan |
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卍字 | 卍字 | 만자 | хас
ᠬᠠᠰ |
གཡུང་དྲུང་ |
Tricolour Supreme Ultimate[edit | edit source]
Korean |
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삼태극 |
Wheel of Joy[edit | edit source]
Tibetan |
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དགའ་འཁྱིལ |
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