- Apple (Apple Blossom) : feminine beauty and eternal peace

- Apricot : representation of the Chinese female

- Almond : like apricot, representation of the Chinese female

- Archer's ring : prestige and symbolic of the emperors' power

- Axe : marriage

- Bamboo : longevity, durability and resilience

- Bat : happiness and longevity

- Bear : strength, courage and bravery

- Bee :industriousness and prudence

- Bell : respect and reverence to one's superiors

- Boar or pig : wealth and prosperity, especially for business ; n°12 in the Chinese Zodiac sign chart

- Broom : insight, wisdom, “sweeping away” of worries

- Buddha's Hand (citrus medica plant) : wealth

- Butterfly : love, especially young love

- Cat : protector against evil spirits of the night(double cats : conjugal bliss)

- Chrysanthemum : joviality; a life of ease after retirement

- Cicada : immortality and resurrection; happiness and eternal youth

- Coin : prosperity and wealth

- Conch shell : royalty but also prosperous voyage

- Crane: longevity

- Cricket : courage but also summer

- Crow : filial piety, care of elderly parents

- Cherry : beauty, cosmetic and medicinal properties, emblem of the fair sex

- Deer : immortality and longevity

- Dog : fidelity ; n° 11 in the Chinese Zodiac sign chart

- Dog of "Fo" or Fu-Dog (actually a form of lion) : courageous and fierce, valour and protection

- Dove or pigeon : longevity and filial duty

- Dragon: imperial power, strength, vigilance and safe-guard, yang principal ; n° 5 in the Chinese Zodiac sign chart

- Duck: felicity, conjugal fidelity

- Eagle, Falcon: boldness, strength, and keen vision, authority

- Elephant : strength, sagacity, and prudence, power of energy

- Fire: danger, speed, anger, ferocity, and lust but also happiness and longevity

- Fish: wealth and abundance, harmony and bliss, regeneration and freedom (Double fish: connubial bliss and harmony)

- Flywhisk : leadership, and mercy

- Fox : craftiness, cunning, "mischief" in love affairs

- Frog : good fortune in gambling or money-making (three-legged frog : magic)

- Mushroom : longevity and immortality

- Goat, sheep and ram : filial respect ; n° 8 in the Chinese Zodiac sign chart

- Gourd: mystery, sorcery and magic

- Heart : love

- Horse: speed and perseverance ; n° 7 in the Chinese Zodiac sign chart

- Hydra : playfulness and powers of geomancy

- Key pattern : thunder and clouds

- Guanyin (Goddess of mercy) : mercy and compassion

- Knot (endless knot): longevity, true love, wheel of life

- Leaf : felicity

- Lion: defender of law and protector of sacred buildings

- Lotus: purity, perfection and enlightenment

- Lute : fidelity and purity

- Monkey : trickery; protection against malicious spirits ; n° 9 in the Chinese Zodiac sign chart

- Moon : essence of the female, yin qualities in nature

- Ox or cow: spring, agriculture

- Cow or ox : spring, agriculture ; n° 2 in the Chinese Zodiac sign Chart

- Palm : retired life

- Peach : marriage, immortality and springtime

- Pear : longevity

- Pearl : feminine beauty and purity

- Pi disc : power and authority, symbol of sun

- Pig or boar : wealth and prosperity, especially for business ; n° 12 in the Chinese Zodiac sign chart

- Pine : longevity and friendship through hardship

- Phoenix : sun or yang principle

- Plum : winter and longevity

- Pomegranate : fertility

- Quail : courage and pugnacity

- Rabbit or hare: longevity : n° 4 in the Chinese Zodiac sign chart

- Hare or rabbit: longevity ; n° 4 in the Chinese Zodiac sign chart

- Rat : industry and prosperity ; n° 1 in the Chinese Zodiac sign chart

- Ram, Goat or Sheep: n° 8 in the Chinese Zodiac sign chart

- Rice grains : fecundity and good harvest

- Rooster : symbolizes the beginnings and the dawning of a new day ; n° in the Chinese Zodiac sign chart

- Sheep, Ram or Goat : n° 8 in the Chinese Zodiac sign chart

- Snake : cunning and evil but also respected for its supernatural powers ; n° 6 in the Chinese Zodiac signs chart

- Spider: protector against evil spirits

- Stork : longevity and unfettered liberty

- Sun: essence of the male principal in nature

- Tael (unit of weight) : wealth or acquisition

- Tiger : lord of all land creatures, symbolizes courage, dignity, military power ; n° 3 in the Chinese Zodiac sign chart

- Tortoise or turtle : longevity, strength, endurance

- Umbrella : respect, protection