Chinese Symbols
World Peace Jewelry: Chinese Symbols
Just a few of the more common Chinese Symbols:
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Badger or Magpie
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May you experience great happiness
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Basket of Fruit or Flowers
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One of the Eight Immortals
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Bats
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Good luck. 2 bats together means double good fortune. 5 bats means The Five Blessings: long life, wealth, health, virtue, and a natural death
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Butterflies
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Long life and beauty. With a Cat mean wish to live 70-80 years
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Bear / Panda
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Man
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Carp
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Advantage or benefit in business; endurance, perseverance and fortitude.
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Cicada
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Immortality, life after death
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Cock
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Reliability. A red Cock protects your house from fire.
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Crane
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Longevity. A pair of Cranes means long marriage (Cranes mate for life). A Crane can also mean the wisdom that comes with age. In Feng Shui the influence of a Chinese Crane painting is for a long life that increases in wisdom
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Cricket
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Fighting spirit
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Deer
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Riches
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Dove
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Fidelity
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Dragon
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Male vigor and fertility, also the symbol for the Emperor. Often seen as the symbol of divine protection and vigilance. Regarded as the Supreme Being among all creatures. It can ward off wandering evil spirits, protect ehe innocent and bestow safety. The ultimate Chinese symbol of good fortune.
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Dragon & Phoenix
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Man and Wife; Emperor and Empress
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Duck
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Married bliss. A Duck in reeds - may you do well on your exams.
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Eagle
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Strength.
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Elephant
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Strength and astuteness. Riding an Elephant - happiness.
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Fish
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Wealth. The Chinese character for Carp is phonetically identical to the character for "advantage." The character for Fish is the same as that for abundance and wealth. Fish are a symbol of water, fertility and regeneration.
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Fisherman
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One of the 4 Basic Occupations
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Goose
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Married happiness
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Heron
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with Lotus flowers - may your path be upward
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Endless Knot
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Long life without setbacks
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Labyrinth
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Fear, rebirth, liberation
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Lotus
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Purity
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Magnolia
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Beautiful woman
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Onion
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Clever
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Ox / Water Buffalo
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Coming of Spring
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Peach
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Longevity
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Peacock
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Dignity and beauty
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Phoenix
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The five Human Qualities: virtue, duty, correct behavior, humanity, reliability
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Pine Trees
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Longevity, steadfastness, self-discipline
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Quail
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Courage
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Sheep
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Yang - the Male Principle
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Snake
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the Woman
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Tiger
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Courage and bravery
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Tortoise
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Longevity and immortality
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Yin
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The Female Principle
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Yang
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The Male Principle
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