Ensō

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What Wikipedia says

In Zen art, an ensō (円相; "circular form") is a circle hand-drawn in one or two uninhibited brushstrokes to express the Zen mind, which is associated with enlightenment, emptiness, freedom, and the state of no-mind.

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Image: Kanjuro Shibata XX "Ensō (円相)", CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.