[Nevvasaiel]

I am bilingual in English and Chinese, and Tolkien's symbol DOES appear to be similar to the chinese character for 'east' - it's funny, i never noticed it before.
However, one chinese character which would be identical to the Tolkien symbol (especially if written in the ancient chinese way), would be the word for 'binds', or 'restraints/constraints'. It has a dual meaning, and thus could also be interpreted as 'bundle' or 'bunch', as in 'a bunch of flowers'.

What do you think about this? This is an interesting topic, although i do doubt that there is any connection between Tolkien's symbol and chinese characters, as it is highly unlikely.