symbol
Depictions of various glyphs and symbols.
(If some characters below display badly, see here)
Symbols
Unsorted
- © (copyright)
- Ω (capital omega)
- pi (π)
- fleur-de-lis (⚜)
- four_leaf_clover (🍀) - considered a symbol of good luck
- ♣ (club)
- ♠ (spade)
- ♦ (diamond)
- skull_and_crossbones (often associated with pirates, poison, or death)
- ☾ (crescent moon)
- ∞ (lemniscate, represents infinity)
- pawprint
- directional_arrow (--> in any direction)
- recycling_symbol (♲)
- no_symbol (🚫)
- lightning_bolt (⚡)
- digital_hazard - Four triangles and a circle from Digimon
- zero_unit - Four triangles symbol from Digimon
- triforce - Three triangles symbol from Zelda
- pause (⏸)
Expressions and Sound (See Also: Iconography)
Symbols primarily used to abstractly communicate character's emotions, speech or sounds; can be also used as part of a background, or on objects or garments:
These are provided mainly for informational purposes. Most of these concepts should not use the symbol tag.
- ! (exclamation mark, used to indicate surprise, excitement, or shock)
- ? (question mark, usually used to indicate confusion)
- ?! (known as an interrobang , indicating a mixed exclamation and question, or surprised confusion)
- ... (ellipses, can indicate hesitation, or a character remaining silent)
- emanata (lines around an object or character indicating a range of ideas)
- grawlixes ($#@*!) A mix of semi-random symbols abstractly representing swearing or anger, may contain unsorted symbols from above
- sweatdrop (indicates nervousness, confusion, exasperation, embarrassment)
- flying sweatdrops (indicates physical effort, embarrassment or nervousness)
- musical_note (can indicate music being played, or
- <3 (a stylized representation of a heart, ♥, representing love)
- </3 (broken or cracked heart)
- arrow through heart (an arrow shot through a heart symbol, often in tattoos)
- heart_eyes
- heart_tattoo
- zzz (indicates sleeping; only used when there is literally "zzz" or equivalent present.)
Gender/Sexuality:
- Gender Symbol
- ♀ (Venus, female)
- ♂ (Mars, male)
- ⚥ (Male and female sign; transgender/intersex)
- ☿ (Mercury, intersex/unisex)
- ⚦ (Magnesium, androgynous/intersex/transgender)
- ⚧ (Male, female, and nonbinary symbols all in one; transgender)
- intersex infinity
- Sexuality Symbol
- ⚢ (female/female, lesbian)
- ⚣ (male/male, gay)
- ⚤ (male/female, straight)
- rainbow symbol
- ζ (small zeta)
Political
- + (plus sign) - often associated with medical services, lifeguards, the Red Cross, etc.
- ☮ (peace_symbol)
- Ⓐ (anarchy symbol) - A pseudo-political symbol referring to disorder, common as graffiti.
Religious
- cross, inverted cross
- pentagram, inverted_pentagram
- pentacle - a pentagram within a circle
- heartagram - looks like an inverted pentacle, except the top two points of the star are rounded to create a heart-shaped top. Best known as the symbol of the band "HIM".
- ✡ (Star of David / Hexagram) - Six-pointed star, associated with Judaism
- ankh
- eye_of_horus
- yin_yang
- swastika (卐)
- sauwastika (卍)
- ☪ (Star with crescent) - Associated with Islam
Safety/Warning
- biohazard_symbol (☣)
- nuclear (☢) - the nuclear symbol
Currency
See also
External links
The following tags are aliased to this tag: symbols (learn more).
The following tags implicate this tag: alchemical_symbol, astrological_symbol, astronomical_symbol, chaos_star, copyright_symbol, crest_(heraldry), currency_symbol, delta_rune_(emblem), digimon_crest, digital_hazard, gender_symbol, hazard_symbol, hexagram, infinity_symbol, musical_symbol, occult_symbol, recycling_symbol, sexuality_symbol, western_zodiac_symbol, zero_unit (learn more).