Signs and Symbols And Their Meanings

Signs and Symbols And Their Meanings

Signs and Symbols	Meaning
Pen	Symbol of Culture and Civilization
Red Cross	Medical Aid and Hospital
Red Flag	Revolution and also asign of Danger
Black Flag	Symbol of Protest
Yellow Flag	Flown on Ships or Vehicles carrying patients suffering from infectious diseases
Flag flown upside down	Symbol of distress
Flag flown at halfmast	Symbol of National Mourning
White Flag	Symbol of Truce
Red Triangle	Sign of Family Planning
Pegion or Dove	Symbol of Peace
Red Light	Stop or Danger or Emergency
Wheel	Symbol of Progress
Olive Branch	Symbol of Peace
Union Jack	National Flag of UK
Stars and Stripes	National Flag of the USA
Lotus	Culture and civilization
A blindfolded woman holding a balanced scale	Symbol of justice
Black strip on face arm	Sign of mourning or protest
One skull on two bones crossing each other diagonally	Sign of danger

Interesting Facts about Signs and 

Symbols

• The use of a dove and olive branch as a symbol of peace originated with the early Christians, who portrayed the act of baptism accompanied by a dove holding an olive branch in its beak and also used the image on their sepulchres.
• The white flag is an internationally recognized protective sign of truce or ceasefire, and request for negotiation.  The use of the flag to surrender is included in the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907.