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The Guardian

Japan is to drop the use of the swastika and other confusing symbols on maps for foreign tourists following complaints that they are offensive or hard to understand.

Japan to drop the swastika from its tourist maps

The symbol, which is used in Japan to denote Buddhist temples, has been deemed too confusing and will be replaced by a pagoda

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Google Trends Subverted Again. This Is Getting (?ll???) Embarrasing






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Last week a Swastika appeared on Google trends as a top queried term (leading to an endless debate as to whether the symbol was offensive or not). ...


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swastika

(swŏs'tĭ-kə)

swastika

n.

n. (名詞 noun)

1. 納粹黨徽
2. 古印度吉祥標誌

1. An ancient cosmic or religious symbol formed by a Greek cross with the ends of the arms bent at right angles in either a clockwise or a counterclockwise direction.
2. Such a symbol with a clockwise bend to the arms, used as the emblem of the Nazi party and of the German state under Adolf Hitler, officially adopted in 1935.

[Sanskrit svastikaḥ, sign of good luck, swastika, from svasti, well-being.]

Wikipedia article "Swastika". 中文