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  2. Taegeuk - Wikipedia

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    The taegeuk symbol is most prominently displayed in the center of South Korea's national flag, called the Taegeukgi, literally taegeuk flag (along with four of the eight trigrams used in divination). Because of the Taegeuk's association with the national flag, it is often used as a patriotic symbol, as are the colors red, blue, and black.

  3. Taegeuk Yook Jang - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] It is also the symbol that makes up the center of the flag of South Korea and the source for its name, taegeukgi (hangul: 태극기, where gi means "flag"). [3] The taegeuk is commonly associated with Korean Taoism philosophical values [4] as well as Korean shamanism. [5] The word yook is the number 6 in the Sino-Korean numbering system.

  4. Taegeuk (taekwondo) - Wikipedia

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    In taekwondo, taegeuk is a set of Pumsae (also known as Poomsae or Poomse), or defined pattern of defense-and-attack forms used to teach taekwondo. [1]Between 1967 and 1971, Kukkiwon-style taekwondo made use of an older set of forms called the palgwae forms developed by the Korea Taekwondo Association (KTA) with input from some of the original nine kwans of taekwondo.

  5. Emblem of South Korea - Wikipedia

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    The Taegeuk represents peace and harmony. The five petals all have meaning and are related to South Korea's national flower, the Hibiscus syriacus, or Rose of Sharon (Korean: 무궁화; Hanja: 無窮花, mugunghwa). The emblem was announced on 10 December 1963.

  6. Traditional patterns of Korea - Wikipedia

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    Taegeuk means development, prosperity by balance of yin and yang (negative and positive). 'Taegeuk' represents ultimate truth that is origin of all creation in Eastern philosophy. [12] It was mainly used in the Joseon dynasty period. The Eight Trigrams for divination is a kind of geometrical symbol representing the basic form of the phenomenal ...

  7. Flag of South Korea - Wikipedia

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    The width and height are in the ratio of 3:2. There are five sections on the flag, the taegeuk and the four groups of bars (trigrams). The diameter of the taegeuk is half of the height of the flag. The top of the taegeuk is red and the bottom of the taegeuk is blue. The width of each trigram is the radius of the taegeuk.

  8. Pledge of Allegiance (South Korea) - Wikipedia

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    The South Korean flag, also known as the Taegeukgi (lit. ' "Supreme ultimate flag" '). The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag (Korean: 국기에 대한 맹세; Hanja: 國旗에 對한 盟誓, lit.

  9. Taekwondo - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 December 2024. Korean martial art "TKD" redirects here. For other uses, see TKD (disambiguation). For the 1994 video game, see Taekwon-Do (video game). This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This ...