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han·ko

 (häng′kō)
n. pl. hanko or han·kos
A Japanese stamp made of wood, stone, or horn, engraved with the name of an individual, office, or institution and used instead of a signature in official transactions.

[Japanese hanko, probably alteration (taken as if han, seal, stamp + ko, child, also a noun-forming suff.) of earlier hankō, publication, printing : Japanese han, board, block such as those used in woodblock printing (from Middle Chinese pa⋮n´; also the source of Mandarin bàn) + Japanese , to go, circulate (from Middle Chinese xɦja⋮jŋ, also the source of Mandarin xíng).]
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It said the investigation found workers in training, not authorized to carry out inspections, were routinely conducting the tests, borrowing and using the 'hanko,' or traditional Japanese seals that often are used in lieu of signatures, of certified personnel.
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In Pashto language, competition among new artists would be held by singing traditional 'Tapa' in different styles and modes while singers of Hanko, Saraiki and Kohar languages would be competed by singing different local and traditional songs, said a press release.
There is also an installation of pen strokes, for which the firm commissioned four different artists, and a stamped glass wall of traditional Hanko wax seals at the restaurant's entrance.
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