Mon (emblem) are not recognized by law. One of the best known examples of a "mon" serving as a corporate logo is that of Mitsubishi, a name meaning "three lozenges" (occasionally translated as "three buffalo nuts"), which are represented as rhombuses. Another example of corporate use is the logo for the famous soy sauce maker Kikkoman, which uses the family "mon" of the founder, and finally, the logo of music instrument/equipment and motorcycle builder Yamaha, which shows three tuning forks interlocked into the shape of a capital "Y" in reference to both their name and the origin of the company. Japanese mon
Emblem other hand, substitutes one thing for another, in a more concrete fashion: A totem is specifically an animal emblem that expresses the spirit of a clan. Heraldry knows its emblems as charges. The lion passant serves as the emblem of England, the lion rampant as the emblem of Scotland. An icon consists of an image (originally a religious image), that has become standardized by convention. A logo is an impersonal, secular icon, usually of a corporate entity. Since the 15th century the terms of emblem ("emblema"; from , meaning "embossed ornament") and emblematura belong to the "termini technici" of architecture.