power utilized by Samurai Rangers (often through kanji)

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Symbol Power

In a broad sense, the term "symbol power" seemed to describe a raw power exerted by the Samurai Rangers¹. Other terms for this power included "samurai power"², "power"³, "symbol energy"⁴, and "energy"⁵.

Power Symbols

Morphing symbols 天, 木, 火, 水, 土

Jayden writing 煙 (smoke)

Symbol Power could be manifested through the use of Power Symbols (also called "samurai symbols"⁶, "symbol power"⁷, and "kanji"⁸), which were kanji characters written on paper or in midair⁹. The Rangers initiated their morphs by drawing their respective elemental kanji:

	Kanji	Real-Life Translation
Red	火	fire
Blue	水	water
Green	木	tree
Pink	天	heaven
Yellow	土	earth

Power Discs

Symbol power could also be harnessed through the use of Power Discs¹⁰. Power Discs were attachable to various devices, some of which (notably the Spin Swords) allowed the discs to spin, producing the illusion of animation via the images around the discs.

Folding Zord Discs Cannon Blast Mode

Ape Power Disc in belt buckle

Black Shiba disc Spin Sword reflection

Double disc on Fire Smasher

Combine disc —

Shiba Fire disc —

Black Shiba discs

unnamed default Spin Sword discs

Folding Zord discs

discs matching the five Folding Zords, generally used for special attacks

Lightning Disc

disc used for lightning attacks

Zord discs

additional discs for Beetle, Swordfish, Tiger, Octozord, Claw Zord, Shark, and Bull Zords

Super Disc

disc used with black box to access Super Mode

Combination discs

discs apparently used to combine Zords with one or more Rangers missing¹¹

Shogun Disc

disc used to access Shogun Mode

Shiba Fire Discs

two discs provided by Lauren to boost a Ranger's fire power¹²

Kanji discs

assorted white discs used to access particular kanji effects

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History

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Sources

1. Day Off; Forest for the Trees; Test of the Leader; The Tengen Gate; Boxed In; Super Samurai; Samurai Forever

2. Day Off

3. Forest for the Trees

4. Boxed In; The Sealing Symbol

5. Broken Dreams

6. Origins, part 2; Team Spirit

7. Origins, part 1; A Fish Out of Water; I've Got a Spell on Blue; et al.

8. Fight Fire with Fire

9. Origins, part 1, et al.

10. Origins, part 1; Boxed In; et al.

11. Super Samurai, et al.

12. The Sealing Symbol; Samurai Forever