Tomoe

A is a Japanese abstract shape (i.e. a swirl) that resembles a comma or the usual form of magatama. Tomoe are usually seen in a design of three known as.

Instances of use

 * They form the pattern of the Sharingan and the Cursed Seal of Heaven which Orochimaru placed on Sasuke Uchiha and Anko Mitarashi.
 * It has also appeared in the Ten-Tails going in three separate orbits around the pupil, and on Madara Uchiha's gunbai.
 * The three giant snakes summoned during invasion of Konoha have tomoe markings on their heads.
 * Orochimaru himself wore blue tomoe-shaped earrings.
 * The magatama earrings worn by Itachi's Susanoo are in the shape of tomoe.
 * The Yasaka Magatama technique used by Itachi and Madara's Susanoo is a giant shuriken in the shape of a mitsudomoe.
 * The Kohaku clan's insignia is a futatsudomoe (tomoe in a design of two), while the Shirogane clan's is a golden mitsudomoe.
 * Naruto Uzumaki's Nine-Tails Chakra Mode shroud features tomoe-like marking around its collar.
 * The Sage of the Six Paths had tomoe-like markings around the collar of his cloak as well as nine tomoe of the back underneath the symbol of the Rinnegan.
 * A seal that the Sage of the Six Paths stood in the middle of while talking to the nine tailed beast also featured the use of tomoe markings.