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The circle and arrow represent the shield and spear, respectively, of the Ancient Greek god of war Ares (and his Ancient Roman equivalent Mars). In the Medieval era the spear had crossed in front of the shield, and the ancient form lacked the shield altogether.[1]
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Use of ♂ for Tuesday, nearly underneath the moon hand on the right side of the calendar dial of this 16th-century clock-calendar.
1961 August 17, New Scientist, volume 11, number 248 (in English), Reed Business Information, →ISSN, page 413:
In his Mantissa Plantarum (1767) and Mantissa Plantarum altera (1771), [Linnaeus] regularly used ♂, ♀ and ☿ for male, female and hermaphrodite flowers respectively.
1990, Charles S. Churcher, “Cranial Appendages of Giraffoidea”, George A. Bubenik, Anthony B. Bubenik, Horns, Pronghorns, and Antlers: Evolution, Morphology, Physiology, and Social Significance, New York: Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, chapter 1.5, page 183:
Figure 2. Ossicones, secondary ossification, and sinuses of Giraffa: A Lateral aspect of skull showing courses of veins, areas of dense ossification (heavily stippled) and lesser secondary ossification (lightly stippled), and outlines of skull roofs of male (♂) and female (♀) adults. (After Spinage 1968b.)
2015 July 6, Andy Burns, “Re: C4 last leg”, in uk.tech.broadcast (Usenet; in English):
I was quite surprised that a few of my friends found the male ♂ (mars) and female ♀ (venus) symbols on toilets in pubs/bars confusing ...
^ Jones, Alexander (1999) Astronomical Papyri from Oxyrhynchus, →ISBN, pages 62–63
^ J. Lindley (1848) An introduction to botany, 4 edition, volume 2, London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, pages 385–386
Chinese
Etymology
From Japanese memes in the Gachimuchi fandom where the sign is placed between or after words to indicate erotic or homosexual things, usually for humorous effect.
(Internetslang,humorous)Added between two characters of a word or after a word to indicate its relation to homosexuality. It is also added to indicate a word's relation to sex.
(Internetslang,humorous)Added between two characters of a word or after a word to indicate its relation to homosexuality. It is also added to indicate a word's relation to sex.
哲♂学 (tetsugaku; "philosophy", a humorous and misleading tag in Nico Nico Douga to trick viewers into watching Gachimuchi wrestling videos)
アーッ！♂ ("aaa!", sexual moaning turned into an Internet meme)
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Late Classical and Medieval forms of the astronomical symbol
Medieval form of the symbol, with the spear crossing the shield
A decorative variant in the Netherlands
As a symbol for iron
An abstract variant
Symbol on a blood-red / iron-rust background
Transit of Mars
Men's health
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