Name | Taegukgi / Taegeukgi (Korean: 태극기) (Hanja: ) |
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Use | National flag and ensign |
Proportion | 2:3 |
Adopted | January 27, 1883 (original version, used by the Joseon dynasty) June 29, 1942 (Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea) October 15, 1949 (as the flag of South Korea)[1] May 30, 2011 (current version) |
Design | A white field with a red and blue taegeuk in the center that is surrounded by four varying groups of short black bars toward each corner |
Use | Naval jack |
Flag of South Korea | |
Hangul | 태극기 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Taegeukgi |
McCune–Reischauer | T'aegŭkki |
Trigram | Korean name | Celestial body | Season | Cardinal direction | Virtue | Family | Natural element | Meaning |
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☰ | geon (건 / 乾) | heaven (천 / 天) | spring (춘 / 春) | east (동 / 東) | humanity (인 / 仁) | father (부 / 父) | heaven (천 / 天) | justice (정의 / 正義) |
☲ | ri (리 / 離) | sun (일 / 日) | autumn (추 / 秋) | south (남 / 南) | righteousness (의 / 義) | daughter (녀 / 女) | fire (화 / 火) | fruition (결실 / 結實) |
☵ | gam (감 / 坎) | moon (월 / 月) | winter (동 / 冬) | north (북 / 北) | intelligence (지 / 智) | son (자 / 子) | water (수 / 水) | wisdom (지혜 / 智慧) |
☷ | gon (곤 / 坤) | earth (지 / 地) | summer (하 / 夏) | west (서 / 西) | courtesy (례 / 禮) | mother (모 / 母) | earth (토 / 土) | vitality (생명력 / 生命力) |
Scheme | Munsell[23] | CIE (x, y, Y)[23] | Pantone[20] | Hex triplet (converted from CIE)[23] |
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White | N 9.5 | N/A | N/A | #FFFFFF |
Red | 6.0R 4.5/14 | 0.5640, 0.3194, 15.3 | 186 Coated | #CD2E3A |
Blue | 5.0PB 3.0/12 | 0.1556, 0.1354, 6.5 | 294 Coated | #0047A0 |
Black | N 0.5 | N/A | N/A | #000000 |
[T]he South Korean flag continues to function, at least in South Korea, not as a symbol of the state but as a symbol of the race.
When people wave the South Korean flag, in other words, they wave the flag not of a country but of a [ethnic] people.