Symbol 16:18
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Two structures, both basic
gestalts in Western ideography, are combined in this ideogram. The
graph for danger, heat, energy,
, is combined
with the arrow sign
, which stands for
directed movement. It is the Western world's most common
ideogram for lightning, thunderstorm, and high voltage electric
current. It is also a general sign for mythology in some dictionaries, and for
the field or subject of electricity in other contexts.
When it appears in a
photographic context (e.g. on cameras), it signifies
flashlight or
flash bulb.
Turned upside down,
, it is used to indicate television station on certain maps.
Compare with
, radio station, on some
maps.
As a sign for lightning it is rather synonymous with the ancient
sign
, the staff of Zeus or Jupiter,
depicting a bundle of lightnings symbolizing divine power.



