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* 19 Popular Types of Chinese Knots and Their Meanings https://anyofchina.com/popular-types-of-chinese-knots-and-their-meanings/
* Adinkra Symbols & Meanings https://www.adinkrasymbols.org/
* Adinkra Symbols & Meanings https://www.adinkrasymbols.org/
* Heraldry of the world https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/wiki/Heraldry_of_the_world
* Heraldry of the world https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/wiki/Heraldry_of_the_world
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Palmettes
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Palmettes
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* ''dpal be'u'' དཔལ་བེའུ། [bod]
* 盤長結 盘长结 [cmn]
|auspicious symbol in Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism
|Indus Valley
|c. 2500 BC
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Endlessknot.svg/250px-Endlessknot.svg.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Ashtamangala_JDWNRH_Knot.jpg/500px-Ashtamangala_JDWNRH_Knot.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Endless_knots
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|China
|China
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/MET_RT665.jpg/500px-MET_RT665.jpg
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/MET_RT665.jpg/500px-MET_RT665.jpg
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* ''Zhōngguó jié'' 中國結 中国结 [cmn]
|originally used to record information; ornament
|China
|Warring States period
(481 BC – 221 BC)
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Pan_Chang_knot.jpg/330px-Pan_Chang_knot.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Chinese_knots
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(960 – 1279)
(960 – 1279)
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/ChunTei_Black_Fu_Nagayama_Kai.svg/250px-ChunTei_Black_Fu_Nagayama_Kai.svg.png
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/ChunTei_Black_Fu_Nagayama_Kai.svg/250px-ChunTei_Black_Fu_Nagayama_Kai.svg.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Singapore_River_Hong_Bao_2006_27%2C_Feb_06.JPG/330px-Singapore_River_Hong_Bao_2006_27%2C_Feb_06.JPG
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Symbols_based_on_%E7%A6%8F
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Symbols_based_on_%E7%A6%8F
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* Sol de Mayo [spa]
|image of Inti; represents the May Revolution
|Río de la Plata
|1810
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Sol_de_Mayo-Bandera_de_Argentina.svg/150px-Sol_de_Mayo-Bandera_de_Argentina.svg.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Johann_Melchior_Dinglinger_-_Sun_mask_with_facial_features_of_August_II_%28the_Strong%29_as_Apollo%2C_the_Sun_God_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/330px-Johann_Melchior_Dinglinger_-_Sun_mask_with_facial_features_of_August_II_%28the_Strong%29_as_Apollo%2C_the_Sun_God_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sun_of_May
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Rub_El_Hizb
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Rub_El_Hizb
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* ꦱꦸꦂꦪꦩꦙꦭꦲꦶꦡ꧀ [kaw]
* मजपहितस्य सूर्य [san]
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|Java
|Majapahit period
(1292 – 1527)
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Surya_Majapahit.svg/250px-Surya_Majapahit.svg.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Surya_Majapahit.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Surya_Majapahit
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Marianne
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Marianne
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* Sol de Mayo [spa]
|image of Inti; represents the May Revolution
|Río de la Plata
|1810
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Sol_de_Mayo-Bandera_de_Argentina.svg/150px-Sol_de_Mayo-Bandera_de_Argentina.svg.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Johann_Melchior_Dinglinger_-_Sun_mask_with_facial_features_of_August_II_%28the_Strong%29_as_Apollo%2C_the_Sun_God_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/330px-Johann_Melchior_Dinglinger_-_Sun_mask_with_facial_features_of_August_II_%28the_Strong%29_as_Apollo%2C_the_Sun_God_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Chakana
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Chakana
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* ''ensō'' 円相 [jpn]
|circle that is enlightenment, emptiness, freedom, and the state of no-mind in Zen Buddhism
|Japan
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|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Enso.svg/250px-Enso.svg.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Enso.jpg/330px-Enso.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ens%C5%8D
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Shahada
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Shahada
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* ''shuāngxǐ'' 雙喜 双喜 [cmn]
|double happiness: ornament for marriage
|China
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|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Double_happiness.svg/250px-Double_happiness.svg.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Chinese_wedding_tea.jpg/500px-Chinese_wedding_tea.jpg
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|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/12-05oaxaca077.jpg/500px-12-05oaxaca077.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Xicalcoliuhqui
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Xicalcoliuhqui
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* ꦱꦸꦂꦪꦩꦙꦭꦲꦶꦡ꧀ [kaw]
* मजपहितस्य सूर्य [san]
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|Java
|Majapahit period
(1292 – 1527)
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Surya_Majapahit.svg/250px-Surya_Majapahit.svg.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Surya_Majapahit.jpg
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symbol/motif description place of origin time of origin image
  • sayyid ḥayawānāt سيد حيوانات [arb]
 Mesopotamia c. 6000 BC 330px-Pendentif_minoen_%28British_Museum%29_%288704963755%29.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Master_of_Animals

  • cādūceus [lat]
  • kērúkeion κηρύκειον [grc]
 symbol of Hermes; used to represent printing, commerce, medicine Mesopotamia c. 4000 BC – 3000 BC 220px-Caduceus.svg.png

330px-Columbian_press_Caduceus.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Caduceus

  • miftāḥ al-Ḥayāh مفتاح الحياه [arb,arz]
  • ꜥnḫ [egy]
 represents life 30th century BC – 29th century BC Egypt 150px-Ankh.svg.png

330px-Totenbuch.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ankh

  • anthémio ανθέμιο [grc]
  • saʕafa al-naḵīl سعفة النخيل [arb]
 ornament Egypt c. 2500 BC 250px-Orna105-Stirnziege.png

330px-Palmette%2C_Propylon%2C_Sanctuary_of_Aphaia%2C_Aegina%2C_500_BC%2C_176103.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Palmettes

  • dpal be'u དཔལ་བེའུ། [bod]
  • 盤長結 盘长结 [cmn]
 auspicious symbol in Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism Indus Valley c. 2500 BC 250px-Endlessknot.svg.png

500px-Ashtamangala_JDWNRH_Knot.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Endless_knots

  • güneş kursu [tur]
 Anatolia 20th century BC 250px-Hittite_sun_disk.svg.png

500px-Sundisk_Alacahoyuk.jpg

  • maíandros μαίανδρος [grc]
 ornament c. 1600 BC – c. 1045 BC China, Greece, Maya Region 150px-Greek_Key.svg.png

500px-Rhodes_meander_hg.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Greek_key

  • xiángyún 祥雲 祥云 [grc]
 auspicious clouds: represents peace 1131 BC – 1012 BC China 500px-MET_RT665.jpg
  • Zhōngguó jié 中國結 中国结 [cmn]
 originally used to record information; ornament China Warring States period

(481 BC – 221 BC)

330px-Pan_Chang_knot.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Chinese_knots

  • ákănthos ἄκανθος [grc]
 ornament Greece c. 420 BC – 450 BC 330px-thumbnail.jpg

330px-Arch%C3%A4ologisches_Museum_Istanbul_2013-03-18o.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Acanthus_ornaments

  • haverzhut’yan nshan Հավերժության նշան [hye]
 national symbol of Armenia 1st century BC 250px-ArmenianEternity.svg.png

500px-Jerevan_-_Armeni%C3%AB_%282892533612%29.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Armenian_eternity_sign

  • gereh گره [pes]
 ornament Syria 2nd century 150px-Green_mosque_girih.png

330px-Samarkand_Shah-i_Zinda_Tuman_Aqa_complex.JPG

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Girih_tiles

  • fúzì 福字 [cmn]
 character of fortune China Song period

(960 – 1279)

250px-ChunTei_Black_Fu_Nagayama_Kai.svg.png

330px-Singapore_River_Hong_Bao_2006_27%2C_Feb_06.JPG

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Symbols_based_on_%E7%A6%8F

  • Rubʻ Ḥizb ربع حزب [arb]
 symbol of Islam al-Andalus 2nd century 250px-Rub_El_Hizb.svg.png

500px-Kufic_calligraphy%2C_Isfahan%2C_Iran_October_2007.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Rub_El_Hizb

  • ꦱꦸꦂꦪꦩꦙꦭꦲꦶꦡ꧀ [kaw]
  • मजपहितस्य सूर्य [san]
 Java Majapahit period

(1292 – 1527)

250px-Surya_Majapahit.svg.png

Surya_Majapahit.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Surya_Majapahit

  • coq gaulois [fra]
 represents the nation of France France Renaissance

(14th century – 17th century)

250px-Auguste-Nicolas_Cain%2C_French_Cock_Crowing%2C_model_c._1860-1894%2C_cast_possibly_1890s-c._1914%2C_NGA_57645.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Gallic_rooster

  • Marianne [fra]
 personification of the French Republic France 1789 330px-Empreinte_d%C3%A9tach%C3%A9e_de_sceau_rond%2C_Napol%C3%A9on_Bonaparte%2C_1799.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Marianne

  • Sol de Mayo [spa]
 image of Inti; represents the May Revolution Río de la Plata 1810 150px-Sol_de_Mayo-Bandera_de_Argentina.svg.png

330px-Johann_Melchior_Dinglinger_-_Sun_mask_with_facial_features_of_August_II_%28the_Strong%29_as_Apollo%2C_the_Sun_God_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sun_of_May

  • ʕayn ḥūrus عين حورس [arb,arz]
 Eye of Horus: represents well-being, healing, and protection Egypt 250px-Eye_of_Horus_bw.svg.png

500px-Wedjat_collection.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Eye_of_Horus

  • adinkra [aka]
 Gyaman Adinkra_motifs_Rattray_1927.jpg

NtonsoAdinkra.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Adinkra

  • borǯɣali ბორჯღალი [kat]
 represents the Sun and eternity Georgia 250px-Borjgala.svg.png

500px-Borjgali_of_Gulebi_mosque.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Borjgali

  • Celtic knot [eng]
  • cwlwm Celtaidd [cym]
  • kolm Keltek [cor]
  • snaidhm Ceilteach [gla]
  • snaidhm Cheilteach [gle]
 250px-Celtic-knot-basic-linear.svg.png

330px-Bromptoncross.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Celtic_knots

  • chakana [que]
 Andes 150px-Tawa_chakana.svg.png

330px-Chacana_de_Jujuy2.JPG

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Chakana

  • ensō 円相 [jpn]
 circle that is enlightenment, emptiness, freedom, and the state of no-mind in Zen Buddhism Japan 250px-Enso.svg.png

330px-Enso.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ens%C5%8D

  • gul گل [pes]
 ornament Central Asia, Western Asia Konya_18th_carpet_with_Memling_gul_design.jpg
  • ḵamsa خمسة [arb,arz]
 protection against the evil eye; hand of Mary in Christianity; hand of Fatima in Islam; Ahl al-Kisa in Shia; the “strong hand” of the Lord in Judaism Northern Africa 150px-WPVA-khamsa.svg.png

330px-Khamsa.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Khamsa

  • kokhlĭ́ās κοχλίας [grc]
 ornament Greece 250px-SixIonicOrders.jpg

500px-Erechteion_-_chapiteau.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Volutes

  • koru [mri]
 represents new life, growth, strength and peace New Zealand 250px-Fiddlehead_-_The_Noun_Project.svg.png

330px-Pounamu_2.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Koru

  • najma ʕaštār نجمة عشتار [arb]
 symbol of Inanna/Ishtar Mesopotamia 250px-Ishtar-star-symbol.svg.png

330px-Ishtar_in_Kudurru_Melishipak_Louvre.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Star_of_Ishtar

  • najma šams نجمة شمش [arb]
 symbol of Shamash Mesopotamia 250px-Shamash-sun-symbol_%283_rays%29.svg.png

330px-Medaillon_astre_Sb_6585.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Star_of_Shamash

  • pakudos [eng]
 ornament Mindoro 250px-Pakudos.svg.png
  • Rojê Kurdî [kmr]
  • ڕۆژی کوردی [ckb]
 national symbol of the Kurds Kurdistan Region 250px-Roj_emblem.svg.png
  • šahādatu شهادة [arb]
 Islam oath and creed Arabia 330px-Ar_Liwa_hariadhi_islamic_flag.svg.png

Sahadah-Topkapi-Palace.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Shahada

  • shuāngxǐ 雙喜 双喜 [cmn]
 double happiness: ornament for marriage China 250px-Double_happiness.svg.png

500px-Chinese_wedding_tea.jpg

  • wiphala [que]
 red represents the Earth and the Andean being;

orange represents the society and culture;

yellow represents energy and strength;

white represents time and change;

green represents natural resources and wealth;

blue represents the cosmos;

violet represents Andean government and self-determination

Andes 150px-Banner_of_the_Qulla_Suyu_%281979%29.svg.png

500px-Desfile_con_Wiphala_2.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wiphala

  • xicalcoliuhqui [ncl]
 associated with many ideas that are related to twists including water, waves, clouds, serpents, cyclical movements Mesoamerica 500px-12-05oaxaca077.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Xicalcoliuhqui


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