Taijitu as the Joseon royal standard. Since the 1960s, "yin-yang symbol" is most widely applied to the "He tu" symbol which combines the two interlocking spirals with two dots. In the standard form of the contemporary "yin-yang symbol", one draws on the diameter of a circle two non-overlapping circles each of which has a diameter equal to the radius of the outer circle. One keeps the line that forms an "S", and one erases or obscures the other line. The design is also described "pair of fishes nestling head to tail against each other". The Soyombo symbol of Mongolia may be
Yin and yang Proto-Viet-Muong "hlaŋ"); owing to "the different OC initial consonant which seems to have no recognizable OC morphological function". "Yin" and "yang" are semantically complex words. A reliable Chinese-English dictionary gives the following translation equivalents. Yin 陰 or 阴 Noun ① [philosophy] negative/passive/female principle in nature ② Surname Bound morpheme ① the moon ② shaded orientation ③ covert; concealed; hidden ④ ⑦ negative ⑧ north side of a hill ⑨ south bank of a river ⑩ reverse side of a stele ⑪in intaglio Stative verb ① overcast Yang 陽 or 阳 Bound morpheme ① [Chinese philosophy] positive/active/male principle in nature ②the