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Dharma wheel

Extracted from the Wikipedia article Dharmachakra.

The main attribute of Vishnu is a wheel like weapon called the Sudarśanacakra.
Similar wheel symbols were used as a solar symbol by the Ancient Egyptians.
Some Buddha statues also depict the related Dharmachakra Mudrā, a hand sign depicting the turning of the Dharma wheel.
A very similar wheel symbol also appears in the flag of the Romani people, hinting to their nomadic history.
In non-Buddhist cultural contexts, an eight-spoked wheel resembles a traditional ship's wheel. As a nautical emblem, this image is a common sailor tattoo, which may be misidentified as a dharmachakra or vice versa.
The sonnenrad is a similar symbol used by occultists and neo-nazis.
Falun Gong uses the concept of a similar wheel as a central concept.
In the Unicode computer standard, the dharmachakra is called the "Wheel of Dharma" and found in the eight-spoked form. It is represented as U+2638 (☸). As emoji: ☸️.