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Symbols built from many parts, where the components each carry meaning and the whole has to be read rather than recognised.
Complexity is measured from the recorded visual attributes, so it reflects the drawn form rather than the idea.
This describes how the symbol looks, drawn from its recorded visual attributes. Appearance is not meaning: a symbol can look alarming and mean something ordinary.
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Its recorded visual attributes score 5 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A small note with a stroke through its stem, crushed against the beat.
Its recorded visual attributes score 5 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
Gemstones set in order so that their initials spell a word.
Its recorded visual attributes score 5 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
An eight-armed Icelandic stave with trident-like terminals.
Its recorded visual attributes score 5 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A circle containing a capital A, measuring current.
Its recorded visual attributes score 5 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A small emblem identifying which office tested and marked the article.
Its recorded visual attributes score 5 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
Four white figures around a point on green, marking where to gather.
Its recorded visual attributes score 5 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A letter A inside a circular arrow.
Its recorded visual attributes score 6 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A capital B in a circle above the word Certified.
Its recorded visual attributes score 5 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A dimension in a rectangle, exact by definition.
Its recorded visual attributes score 5 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A crossed-out wheeled bin symbol, sometimes marked with Pb, Cd or Hg, required on batteries under EU law to signal separate collection.
Its recorded visual attributes score 5 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A circle inside a hexagon, standing for delocalised electrons.
Its recorded visual attributes score 6 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A blue figure with outstretched arms inside a ring of laurel, Germany's environmental label.
Its recorded visual attributes score 6 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
Cotton cloth patterned in fermented-mud dark on cream.
Its recorded visual attributes score 6 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A star-shaped shield with a blue sphere on a coffee and tobacco wreath.
Its recorded visual attributes score 5 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A theta with a B subscript, the angle of complete polarisation.
Its recorded visual attributes score 5 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
An integral sign struck through with a short bar, meaning a symmetric limit around a singularity.
Its recorded visual attributes score 5 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A circled CC with a zero, waiving rights as far as the law allows.
Its recorded visual attributes score 6 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A graded bar chart on an orange ground.
Its recorded visual attributes score 5 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A seed device in a green roundel.
Its recorded visual attributes score 5 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A green gradient plate one character longer.
Its recorded visual attributes score 6 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A struck-through horn on a red-ringed disc.
Its recorded visual attributes score 5 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A blue disc with a red cross, forbidding stopping.
Its recorded visual attributes score 5 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
The letters CC on a rounded card, marking captioned content.
Its recorded visual attributes score 5 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A balance-scale mark recognised across the Vienna Convention countries.
Its recorded visual attributes score 5 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A capital P with two events separated by a vertical bar.
Its recorded visual attributes score 5 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A yellow triangle or notice warning of restricted entry.
Its recorded visual attributes score 5 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A number in square brackets, naming a whole class of numbers.
Its recorded visual attributes score 5 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A theta with a c subscript, beyond which light cannot escape.
Its recorded visual attributes score 6 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
An ear of wheat crossed through, marking a certified gluten-free product.
Its recorded visual attributes score 5 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A circle with an arrow, delivering a set current.
Its recorded visual attributes score 5 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A heart with a lightning stroke on green, marking an AED.
Its recorded visual attributes score 5 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A stroke through a square or circle meaning the person has died.
Its recorded visual attributes score 5 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A circled plus joining structures into one that splits cleanly.
Its recorded visual attributes score 6 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A crossed-out STERILE box with a diagonal bar.
Its recorded visual attributes score 6 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A square containing a circle, crossed through with an X, instructing that a garment must not be machine-dried.
Its recorded visual attributes score 6 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A blue-circle ISO 7010 safety sign showing a person disposing of litter in a bin, instructing use of a litter bin in workplaces and public spaces.
Its recorded visual attributes score 5 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A monarch's head marking that excise duty had been paid.
Its recorded visual attributes score 5 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A letter E in a circle with a country number, marking a type-approved part.
Its recorded visual attributes score 5 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A white running figure heading through a door on green, marking the way out.
Its recorded visual attributes score 5 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A figure under a showerhead on a green square.
Its recorded visual attributes score 5 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A white handset and arrow on a green square.
Its recorded visual attributes score 5 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
An ornate circular mark containing a verse number.
Its recorded visual attributes score 6 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A circle struck by diagonal bars, cancelling what went before.
Its recorded visual attributes score 5 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A yellow triangle with a hand caught in rollers.
Its recorded visual attributes score 5 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A beacon with radiating waves, marking an emergency position-indicating radio beacon.
Its recorded visual attributes score 5 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A circle enclosing three or four short radiating strokes.
Its recorded visual attributes score 6 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A flower whose petals are the twelve stars of the European flag, marking reduced environmental impact.
Its recorded visual attributes score 7 out of 8 for complexity β several combined forms with additional distinguishing features.
A ladder of coloured arrows from green to red, grading a product's energy efficiency.