I am interested in Japanese culture and the symbolism used in Japan, specifically I'd like to know what the △ triangle, ◯ circle, ╳ cross and ◻ square mean to a Japanese person.
How are those shapes interpreted and do they vary depending on there being filled or not?
✔; note that the check mark usually means "wrong" in Japanese examinations)* in English used to mask characters in certain words; see this)◎)● = lose)† in English)/ in English)▲ = first move; sometimes inverted (▽))▲ = loss)・ used to denote half-width (ascii) spaces)And these symbols can be used as the casual placeholder for other arbitrary words/characters. (See this)
As you can see, depending on the context, filled symbols often mean the opposite things to the unfilled ones.
Would just like to add that ◯ can also be used as a placeholder. For example there's a TV show called 人志松本の◯◯な話. The equivalent in English would be "Matsumoto Hitoshi's _____ story".
◯ (まる) symbolizes “O.K., Right," Perfect," while X（ばつ）symbolizes "No," "Incorrect," and "Wrong."
The test method that requires the testees to answers in Yes (○) / No (X) format in school examinations and the written examination of driver’s license is called ”まるばつ式テスト.”
I don’t know if ◻ square and △triangle have any specific implications as a sign like ◯ and X have, except the cases of the signs being often used for the index to be placed ahead of the bullet-type sentences, like:
■Fewer people are on welfare
■But the government didn't save money
■Most families in poverty don't receive welfare.
△ さんかく over internet could mean such thing as san is cool/handsome people write a name and put the △ in the end bcs sankaku could be . san ga kakkee (“_-san is cool/handsome”)with a little imagination so Name△ instead of writing it all
