comma-design
巴 centers on a distinctive swirling comma-like shape, often seen in traditional Japanese designs. Its meaning is primarily visual: a spiral or tomoe pattern.
巴 is a pictograph of a coiled or swirling shape, possibly representing a snake or a spiral. The exact origin is uncertain, but it has long been used to depict a comma-like design.
The shape of 巴 looks like a swirling comma or a spiral. Picture a traditional Japanese tomoe design: a curved, swirling pattern that repeats.
For ハ, imagine a laughing 'ha!' as you trace the swirling comma shape: ha -> ハ, and the spiral makes you smile.
tomoe; heraldic design composed of two or more interlocked comma-shaped figures
(emblem of) three comma-shaped figures arranged to form a circle
playoff for the tournament win with three wrestlers participating
playoff for the tournament win with three wrestlers participating
(fighting) in a confused mass; (falling) in swirls; (falling) in whirls
(emblem of) four comma-shaped figures arranged to form a circle
Moluccan cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis); salmon-crested cockatoo
yellow-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea)
Pali language
Tomoe Corporation
cockatoo
resident of ancient Sichuan
dogfight
tomoe nage (judo throw); circle throw; stomach throw
plum; almond
comma-pattern tile
fast bowline (knot)
great St. Johns wort (Hypericum ascyron); giant St. John's wort
Indian owlet-moth (Spirama retorta)
purging croton (Croton tiglium)