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Tōshō-gū shrine stable. The source that popularized this pictorial maxim is a 17th-century carving over a door of a stable of the Tōshō-gū shrine in Nikkō, Japan.The carvings at Tōshō-gū Shrine were carved by Hidari Jingoro, and are believed to have incorporated Confucius’ Code of Conduct, using the monkey as a way to depict man’s life cycle.
Wolfsangel (German pronunciation: [ˈvɔlfsˌʔaŋəl], translation "wolf's hook") or Crampon (French pronunciation: [kʁɑ̃pɔ̃]) is a heraldic charge from mainly Germany and eastern France, which was inspired by medieval European wolf traps that consisted of a Z-shaped metal hook (called the Wolfsangel, or the crampon in French) that was hung by a chain from a crescent-shaped metal bar ...
SMH is an Internet slang term commonly interpreted as "shaking my head" and has an associated emoji. Head desk: Expressing great frustration by striking the forehead against something, usually a desk or a wall. [15] Whereas the "head desk" gesture is typically done successive times to emphasize the motion, the facepalm gesture is usually a ...
The indictment (acte d'accusation) published by the court of Rome set forth ... "that in all the provinces they had idols, that is to say, heads, some of which had three faces, others but one; sometimes, it was a human skull ... That in their assemblies, and especially in their grand chapters, they worshipped the idol as a god, as their saviour ...
The Red Cross symbol. The Red Cross on white background was the original protection symbol declared at the 1864 Geneva Convention. The ideas to introduce a uniform and neutral protection symbol as well as its specific design originally came from Dr. Louis Appia, a Swiss surgeon, and Swiss General Henri Dufour, founding members of the International Committee.
Hand heart Two friends make a "hand heart" South Korean singer Chuu showing a hand heart in her fan signing event. A hand heart is a gesture in which a person forms a heart shape using their fingers.
Smiling Face with Heart-Eyes as it appeared in Google's Noto Project, in Android 4.4 (as a Blob emoji) The Heart Eyes (😍) emoji is an ideogram that is used in communication to express happiness towards something. The Unicode Consortium listed it as the third most used emoji in 2019. [1]
The "shaka" sign. The shaka sign, sometimes known as "hang loose" is a gesture with friendly intent often associated with Hawaii and surf culture.It consists of extending the thumb and smallest finger while holding the three middle fingers curled, and gesturing in salutation while presenting the front or back of the hand; the wrist may be rotated back and forth for emphasis.