How to draw the traditional Taijitu symbol from Chinese philosophy.
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% Yin and yang % Author: Thomas G. Kristensen \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} %color one half of a unit circle \begin{scope} \clip (0,0) circle (1cm); \fill[black] (0cm,1cm) rectangle (-1cm, -1cm); \end{scope} %fill heads \fill[black] (0,0.5) circle (0.5cm); \fill[white] (0,-0.5) circle (0.5cm); %fill eyes \fill[white] (0,0.5) circle (0.1cm); \fill[black] (0,-0.5) circle (0.1cm); %outer line \draw (0,0) circle (1cm); \end{tikzpicture} %%% An alternative method suggested by Robert Papanicola %%% There are unfortunately some visual artifacts due to %%% the %%\begin{tikzpicture} %%%\fill[black, rounded corners=1cm] (0,-1) -- (-1,-1) -- (-1,1) -- (0,1) { %%% [rounded corners=0.5cm]-- (0.5,1) -- (0.5,0) -- (0,0) -- (-0.5,0) %%% -- (-0.5,-1) -- (0,-1)} ; %%\fill[black, rounded corners=0.5cm] (0,-1) -- (-1,-1) -- (-1,1) -- (0,1) { %% [rounded corners=0.5cm]-- (0.5,1) -- (0.5,0) -- (0,0) -- (-0.5,0) %% -- (-0.5,-1) -- (0,-1)} ; %%\draw (0,0) circle (1cm); %%\draw[fill=white] (0,0.5) circle (0.1cm); %%\draw[fill=black] (0,-0.5) circle (0.1cm); %%\end{tikzpicture} \end{document}
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