Taegeuk (Korean: 태극; Hanja: 太極, Korean pronunciation: [tʰɛgɯk̚]) is a Korean term

cognate with the Chinese term Taiji (Wade-Giles spelling: T'ai-chi), meaning
"supreme ultimate", although it can also be translated as "great polarity /
duality".[1][2] The symbol was chosen for the design of the Korean national flag in
the 1880s, swapping out the black and white color scheme often seen in most taijitu
illustrations and substituting blue and red, respectively, along with a horizontal
separator, as opposed to vertical.

South Koreans commonly refer to their national flag as taegeukgi (Hangeul: 태극기,
with gi; 기 meaning "flag" or "banner").[3] This particular color-themed taegeuk
symbol (i.e. using blue and red) is typically associated with Korean tradition and
represents balance in the universe; the red half represents positive cosmic forces,
and the blue half represents the complementary or opposing, negative cosmic forces.
It is also used in Korean shamanism, Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism.[4][5]Doc 1