List of Japanese map symbols
This is a list of symbols appearing on Japanese maps. These symbols are called chizukigou (地図記号) in the Japanese language.
symbol | meaning | illustration | symbol | meaning | illustration |
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Municipal building (city or ward level) | Municipal building (town or village level) | ||||
Court house or building | Fire station | ||||
Police station | Kōban | ||||
Public health center | Post office | ||||
Meteorological observatory | office | ||||
Government office building | Elementary or junior highschool | ||||
High school | Junior college | ||||
Technical college | College or university | ||||
Museum | Library | ||||
Shinto shrine | Temple | ||||
Plant or factory | Hospital | ||||
Military base | Oil or gas well | ||||
Power station | Nursing home | ||||
Castle | Chimney | ||||
Volcanic crater or Fumarole | Radio tower | ||||
TV tower | Place of historic, cultural, or scenic interest | ||||
Monument | Wind turbine or farm | ||||
Lighthouse | Hardwood forest or woods | ||||
Coniferous forest or woods | Palm trees | ||||
Bamboo grove | Dwarf pine forest or woods | ||||
Fields | Paddies | ||||
Orchard | Tea plantation | ||||
Mulberry orchard | Other plantation | ||||
Marsh or Grassland | Graveyard or cemetery | ||||
Mine | Pit head | ||||
Quarry | Onsen (hot spring) | ||||
Major port | Minor port | ||||
Fishing port | Ferry (car carrier) | ||||
Ferry | Benchmark | ||||
Fixed GPS survey point (Electronic triangulation point | Triangulation point |
Partial list of symbols for the visually impaired[]
Official symbols according to the conventions of the Geographical Survey Institute of Japan appear with a circle below.
Symbol | GSI | Meaning | Unicode | Description |
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◬ | ○ | Base triangulation surveying point | U+25EC | Dot in upward-pointing triangle |
○ | Electronic triangulation point | Dot in upward-pointing triangle with flag | ||
⊡ | ○ | Benchmark | U+22A1 | Dot in square |
⛭ | ○ | Factory | U+26ED | Gear without hub |
⛯ | ○ | Lighthouse | U+26EF | Map symbol for lighthouse |
⛮ | ○ | Power station | U+26EE | Gear with handles |
文 | ○ | Elementary or junior high school | U+6587 | Kanji bun |
㉆ | ○ | High school | U+3246 | Kanji bun in a circle |
○ | University | Kanji bun with a smaller kanji 大 (for daigaku) in brackets on top | ||
○ | Technical college | Kanji bun with a smaller kanji 専 (for senmon gakkō) in brackets on top | ||
〶 | ○ | Post office | U+3036 | Down tack (T-shape) with overbar in circle |
〒 | × | Sub post office (not distribution centre) | U+3012 | Down tack (T-shape) with overbar |
⭙ | ○ | Police station | U+2B59 | Heavy circled saltire |
☓ | ○ | Koban (police box) | U+2613 | Diagonal cross (saltire) |
⊕ | ○ | Public health centre | U+2295 | Greek cross in circle |
⛨ | ○ | Hospital | Greek cross in shield | |
⭖ | ○ | Prefectural Office | U+26FB | Oval bullseye |
⭗ | ○ | City hall | U+2B57 | Heavy circle with circle inside |
◉ | ○ | Ward office | U+25C9 | Fisheye |
⭘ | ○ | Town hall | U+2B58 | Heavy circle |
⛩ | ○ | Shinto shrine | U+26E9 | Shinto shrine |
卍 | ○ | Buddhist temple | U+534D | Manji (Swastika) |
⛫ | ○ | Castle | U+26EB | Castle |
⛼ | ○ | Cemetery | U+26FC | Headstone graveyard symbol |
♨ | ○ | Onsen (hot springs) | U+2668 | Oval with three vertical wavy lines |
⛬ | ○ | Historical landmark | U+26EC | Historic site |
⛰ | ○ | Summit | U+26F0 | Mountain |
See also[]
- Key (map)
- List of Japanese typographic symbols – Wikipedia list article
- Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI)
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Map symbols of Japan. |
- Japanese map symbols
- List of symbols (in Japanese) (Translate to English: Google, Bing)
- Children's list from the GSI (in Japanese) (Translate to English: Google, Bing) This is a very good reference, it has separate links for each symbol.
- Map Symbols (2002) from the GSI (in Japanese) (Translate to English: Google, Bing)
- Map symbols from the Its-mo online map (in Japanese) (Translate to English: Google, Bing)
Categories:
- Lists of symbols
- Maps of Japan
- Geography of Japan
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