>>56692397Hell, the Japanese people even people call it ‘ハーケンクロイツ’ (hākenkuroitsu), and generally don’t confuse with a Kanji for their Manji (卐).
Albeit the hooked cross was found everywhere in Europe, including the Germanic countries, where it was originally known as cross pattée (in Anglo‐Norman heraldry at least), I have no idea why it was replaced by the Sanskrit term later on.
The symbol similar to the proper one was also used by the nazis, see:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Flaggen_Nazi-Deutschlands , on their service flag.
t. Pixiv tags pro.
