What is the symbol of the Uchiha clan supposed to be?


![Uchiha clan symbol](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ogARB.png)

Looking at it it kinda seems like a Pokeball but not quite as a pokeball
doesn't have that bottom sticking out it and the curve dividing the pokeball's
colours is only a curve at certain angles, if looked front on it's just a
strait division.

So i am wondering what is the symbol of the Uchiha clan supposed to be?




It's actually supposed to be type of fan. On the Wikipedia page where Japanese
War Fans it says:

> In addition the symbol of the Uchiha Clan is a fan which is a reference to
> uchiwa (団扇, paper fan) which is another way of pronouncing the clan's name.

Source: [Japanese war fan - In popular culture (2nd
Paragraph)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_war_fan#In_popular_culture)

Looking at the Wikipedia page for the
[Uchiwa](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uchiwa) (and even googling it) we
can see that the Uchiha Clan Symbol is shaped like that of a Uchiwa.

![Uchiha clan symbol](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ogARB.png) ![Uchiha clan
symbol](https://i.stack.imgur.com/s349S.jpg)

This is also backed up on the Naruto Wikia also giving a logical reason why
it's also a fan.

> "Uchiha" is another way of pronouncing "uchiwa" (団扇, paper fan), which is
> the clan's symbol. Uchiwa can be used to fan flames, making the flame hotter
> — referring to the fact that the Uchiha is a clan of Fire Release users.

Source: [Uchiha Clan - Trivia (first
point)](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Uchiha_Clan#Trivia)

This also allows us to infer as to why the colour scheme is by chance like a
Pokeball. A Flame is generally seen as red however the hotter a flame gets the
closer it'll get to being white.

> The colder part of a diffusion (incomplete combustion) flame will be red,
> transitioning to orange, yellow, and white as the temperature increases as
> evidenced by changes in the black-body radiation spectrum. For a given
> flame's region, the closer to white on this scale, the hotter that section
> of the flame is.

Source: [Wikipedia - Flame - Flame Colour (3rd
Paragraph)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flame#Flame_color)

Now given that a flame is generally hotter at the source one interpretation
could be that because the bottom part is supposed to be a Uchiwa handle this
would be the hottest part (being in your hand all the time).

Another interpretation could be that while also being an Uchiwa the symbol
also looks like how some Flame Release Jutsu's get "spat out".

[![Fire
Release](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6IAIk.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6IAIk.jpg)

So the "handle" is the jet of fire coming from the mouth, since fire is
normally hotter at the source this part would be white while further away it
would be red.




It's actually supposed to be type of fan. On the Wikipedia page where Japanese
War Fans it says:

> In addition the symbol of the Uchiha Clan is a fan which is a reference to
> uchiwa (団扇, paper fan) which is another way of pronouncing the clan's name.

Source: [Japanese war fan - In popular culture (2nd
Paragraph)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_war_fan#In_popular_culture)

Looking at the Wikipedia page for the
[Uchiwa](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uchiwa) (and even googling it) we
can see that the Uchiha Clan Symbol is shaped like that of a Uchiwa.

![Uchiha clan symbol](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ogARB.png) ![Uchiha clan
symbol](https://i.stack.imgur.com/s349S.jpg)

This is also backed up on the Naruto Wikia also giving a logical reason why
it's also a fan.

> "Uchiha" is another way of pronouncing "uchiwa" (団扇, paper fan), which is
> the clan's symbol. Uchiwa can be used to fan flames, making the flame hotter
> — referring to the fact that the Uchiha is a clan of Fire Release users.

Source: [Uchiha Clan - Trivia (first
point)](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Uchiha_Clan#Trivia)

This also allows us to infer as to why the colour scheme is by chance like a
Pokeball. A Flame is generally seen as red however the hotter a flame gets the
closer it'll get to being white.

> The colder part of a diffusion (incomplete combustion) flame will be red,
> transitioning to orange, yellow, and white as the temperature increases as
> evidenced by changes in the black-body radiation spectrum. For a given
> flame's region, the closer to white on this scale, the hotter that section
> of the flame is.

Source: [Wikipedia - Flame - Flame Colour (3rd
Paragraph)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flame#Flame_color)

Now given that a flame is generally hotter at the source one interpretation
could be that because the bottom part is supposed to be a Uchiwa handle this
would be the hottest part (being in your hand all the time).

Another interpretation could be that while also being an Uchiwa the symbol
also looks like how some Flame Release Jutsu's get "spat out".

[![Fire
Release](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6IAIk.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6IAIk.jpg)

So the "handle" is the jet of fire coming from the mouth, since fire is
normally hotter at the source this part would be white while further away it
would be red.

