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This sign structure has been used in Western ideography since ancient times. In ancient Greece it was the sign for Ares, the war god, interpreted by many as a pictorial sign for the shield and spear. It can also be seen as  for the spirit of the individual, possessed (pierced) by the arrow, the symbol for the idea of directed movement or action, i.e. a symbol representing the ability to take action, goal- orientation and masculinity.
Compare with  , the ancient and modern sign for the planet Mars and for Mars, the Roman god of war.
In electrical contexts  means ampere meter, or ammeter, while in geology it is used to represent a flat, scored rock face, the arrow indicating the direction of the ice flow that scratched the rock's surface. This ancient ideogram also appears in the US system of hobo signs meaning useless to go in this direction.
Compare with  from the same system, which means go this way.
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