swastika

ancient Eurasian icon and later used as Nazi symbol
Thing cross Q45513
swastika
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swastika

Summary

swastika is a cross[1]. swastika ranks in the top 2% of cross entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,759 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • swastika's instance of is recorded as cross[3].
  • swastika's depicts is recorded as Sun[4].
  • swastika is a type of religious symbol[5].
  • swastika is a type of political symbol[6].
  • swastika is part of solar symbol[7].
  • swastika's Commons category is recorded as Swastikas[8].
  • swastika's Unicode character is recorded as 卍[9].
  • swastika's Unicode character is recorded as 卐[10].
  • swastika comprises swastika[11].
  • swastika comprises Ugunskrusts[12].
  • swastika comprises Nazi Swastika[13].
  • swastika comprises Kolovrat[14].
  • swastika comprises Lauburu[15].
  • swastika comprises sauwastika[16].
  • swastika's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Swastika[17].
  • swastika's Commons gallery is recorded as Swastika[18].
  • swastika's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • swastika's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[20].
  • swastika's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[21].
  • swastika's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Online[22].
  • swastika's has characteristic is recorded as Nazi symbolism[23].
  • swastika's has characteristic is recorded as clockwise direction[24].
  • swastika's different from is recorded as sauwastika[25].
  • swastika's indigenous to is recorded as Eurasia[26].
  • swastika's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[27].

Body

Definition and Type

swastika's instance of is recorded as cross[3]. Recorded subclass of include religious symbol[5] and political symbol[6].

Use and Application

Components include swastika[11]; Ugunskrusts[12]; Nazi Swastika[13], a symbol[28]; Kolovrat[14], a solar symbol[29]; Lauburu[15]; and sauwastika[16], a symbol[30]. swastika is part of solar symbol[7].

Why It Matters

swastika ranks in the top 2% of cross entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,759 views/month).[2] swastika has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] swastika is known by 112 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 14d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Depicts Sun
    Has part(s) swastika, Ugunskrusts, Nazi Swastika +3
    Has characteristic Nazi symbolism, clockwise direction
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    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1343]]: [[Q5375741]]"
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