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  2. Nine-tailed fox - Wikipedia

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    Print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 19th century. In one ancient myth, Yu the Great encountered a white nine-tailed fox, which he interpreted as an auspicious sign that he would marry Nüjiao. [ 2 ] In Han iconography, the nine-tailed fox is sometimes depicted at Mount Kunlun and along with Xi Wangmu in her role as the goddess of immortality. [ 2 ]

  3. List of jōyō kanji - Wikipedia

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    The "Grade" column specifies the grade in which the kanji is taught in Elementary schools in Japan. Grade "S" means that it is taught in secondary school . The list is sorted by Japanese reading ( on'yomi in katakana , then kun'yomi in hiragana ), in accordance with the ordering in the official Jōyō table.

  4. List of Japanese typographic symbols - Wikipedia

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    komejirushi (米印, "rice symbol") This symbol is used in notes (註, chū) as a reference mark, similar to an asterisk * 2196: 1-1-86: FF0A: hoshijirushi (星印, "star symbol") asterisk (アステリスク, "asterisk") This symbol is used in notes (註, chū) 〽: 1-3-28: 303D: ioriten (庵点) This mark is used to show the start of a ...

  5. List of hexagrams of the I Ching - Wikipedia

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    The symbol 睽 also means separated, estranged, and stare. Its inner (lower) trigram is ☱ ( 兌 duì) open = ( 澤 ) swamp, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☲ ( 離 lí) radiance = ( 火 ) fire.

  6. Enclosed Ideographic Supplement - Wikipedia

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    The Enclosed Ideographic Supplement block contains fifteen emoji: U+1F201–U+1F202, U+1F21A, U+1F22F, U+1F232–U+1F23A and U+1F250–U+1F251. [3] [4]The block has eight standardized variants defined to specify emoji-style (U+FE0F VS16) or text presentation (U+FE0E VS15) for the following four base characters: U+1F202, U+1F21A, U+1F22F and U+1F237.

  7. Ghost characters - Wikipedia

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    In the CJK Compatibility block of Unicode 1.0, there is a square version of the Japanese word for "baht", written in katakana script. [53] The Japanese for "baht" is バ ーツ ( bā tsu ). However, the reference glyph ㌬ and the character name correspond to パ ーツ ( pā tsu , from English "parts"). [ 53 ]

  8. Endless knot - Wikipedia

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    The endless knot or eternal knot is a symbolic knot and one of the Eight Auspicious Symbols. It is an important symbol in Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism. It is an important cultural marker in places significantly influenced by Tibetan Buddhism such as Tibet, Mongolia, Tuva, Kalmykia, and Buryatia. It is also found in Celtic, Kazakh and Chinese ...

  9. Shou (character) - Wikipedia

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    The peach, gourd, and scroll are symbols of longevity." [2] His most striking characteristic is, however, his large and high forehead, which earned him the title "Longevity Star Old-pate". [2] The Chinese character shòu (壽) is usually found on textiles, furniture, ceramics and jewelry. The ideograph may appear alone or be surrounded by ...