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Vexillological symbol

Hey kiddo, do you know what a flag is? It's a colorful piece of cloth that represents a country, state, or organization. A vexillological symbol is a fancy way to describe the symbols and designs on a flag.

Think about the flag of the United States. There are stars and stripes, right? Those are vexillological symbols. Each one has meaning. The stars represent the 50 states in the country, and the stripes stand for the original 13 colonies.

Other flags have different symbols, like animals, plants, or religious symbols. For example, the flag of Japan has a red circle in the middle, which is the sun. It represents the importance of the sun in Japanese culture.

These symbols make flags unique and help people identify them. So, next time you see a flag, try to look closely at its symbols and try to understand their meanings.