Symbol Atlas
The flagship encyclopedia. Each entry is read the same way — its codepoint, then meaning, history, variants, related symbols, appearances, a line of evolution, and the sources it rests on — so that a glyph can be studied, not just recognised.
How to read a source: documented a dated record, a named author, a standards texttraditional long held within a tradition; no primary recordfolk widely repeated, unsupported — printed here to be corrected
Yin-Yang SYM·0001 complementary duality Neptune SYM·0003 planet & sea-god Rod of Asclepius SYM·0002 medicine, healing Caduceus SYM·0005 commerce, mistaken for medicine Ampersand SYM·0004 “and” Peace SYM·0011 nuclear disarmament, then everything Radiation SYM·0027 ionising radiation hazard Biohazard SYM·0028 engineered to mean nothing Recycling SYM·0033 a loop, and what was done to it Infinity SYM·0019 a notation with no stated reason Command SYM·0080 a road sign on a keyboard Power SYM·0081 the binary, made pressable Euro SYM·0082 the glyph that shipped with a spec sheet Heart SYM·0083 a shape that is not a heart Prescription SYM·0084 take — and nothing more At sign SYM·0085 the key nobody needed Number sign SYM·0086 a pound of weight, still Mǎo SYM·0074 the hour the gate opens Pilcrow SYM·0087 the mark that left a hole behind Section SYM·0088 the glyph that means law Asterisk SYM·0089 a judgement about Homer Dagger SYM·0090 spurious, then dead Question mark SYM·0091 a note about the voice Exclamation mark SYM·0092 the key that wasn’t there Dollar SYM·0093 a Spanish coin’s monogram Pound SYM·0094 the same word as the hash Yen SYM·0095 one word, three countries Indian rupee SYM·0096 the best-documented glyph here Venus SYM·0098 a planet, a metal, then half of humanity Mars SYM·0099 the same story, with iron Sun SYM·0061 the mark everyone invented Crescent SYM·0063 adopted late, and not from scripture Ankh SYM·0008 life, and an unsolved loop Eye of Horus SYM·0097 encoded, and unrenderable Scales SYM·0014 the blindfold began as an insult Fleur-de-lis SYM·0041 royal, and also a brand Anchor SYM·0052 a cross that could be denied Atom SYM·0058 a diagram physics abandoned Skull and crossbones SYM·0100 the warning children liked Spade SYM·0101 the wrong name on the right shape Swastika SYM·0110 sacred in daily use, and criminal to display Hammer and sickle SYM·0111 an alliance, then a state, then a statute Circled A SYM·0112 a slogan compressed to two letters The protected emblems SYM·0113 the only marks with an army behind them