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[Man of Steel] Superman states that on Krypton, his symbol means hope. Does the S shaped character literally mean hope, or was he just saying it represented things that inspired hope?
gpt
IIRC, all the great houses of Krypton take for themselves crests that mean a word or quality. The S shaped character is the symbol of the House of El. They took for themselves the symbol for the word “Hope.” So, yeah, it does actually mean hope.