Taegeukgi

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flag national flag

Taegeukgi is the national flag of South Korea, featuring a red-and-blue yin-yang symbol and four black trigrams on a white background, symbolizing balance, harmony, and the principles of Eastern philosophy.

Aliases (6)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	flag → national flag →
adoptedAsNationalFlagOfKorea	1883 →
adoptedBy	Joseon Dynasty →
associatedWith	Korean identity → Korean independence movement → Korean nationalism →
backgroundColor	white →
category	National symbols of South Korea →
centralSymbol	taegeuk →
centralSymbolColor	red and blue →
country	South Korea →
currentFormAdopted	1949 →
currentFormStandardized	1997 →
designBasis	taegeuk philosophy →
etymologyComponent	gi (flag, banner) → taegeuk (supreme ultimate, yin-yang) →
features	four black trigrams → red-and-blue taegeuk symbol → white field →
koreanNameHangul	태극기 →
koreanNameHanja	太極旗 →
lowerLeftTrigram	ri →
lowerRightTrigram	gon →
officialName	Flag of the Republic of Korea →
proportion	2:3 →
romanizationMcCuneReischauer	T’aegŭkki →
romanizationRevised	Taegeukgi →
symbolizes	South Korea → balance → earth → fire → harmony → heaven → principles of Eastern philosophy → water → yin and yang →
trigramSystem	I Ching →
upperLeftTrigram	geon →
upperRightTrigram	gam →
usedBy	Government of South Korea → citizens of South Korea →
usedOn	South Korean embassies → South Korean ships → national holidays of South Korea → public buildings in South Korea →
writingSystemOfName	Hangul → Hanja →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aegukga ("South Korean flag") →	associatedWith
Embassy of South Korea in Washington, D.C. ("flag of South Korea") →	flag
Taegeukgi ("태극기") →	koreanNameHangul
Taegeukgi ("太極旗") →	koreanNameHanja
South Korea →	nationalSymbol
Taegeukgi ("Flag of the Republic of Korea") →	officialName
Emblem of South Korea ("Flag of South Korea") →	relatedSymbol
Taegeukgi →	romanizationRevised