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by thih9 1033 days ago
A castle.

> Susan Kare states that she has since been told that the symbol was picked for its Scandinavian usage due to its resembling the shape of a square castle with round corner towers as seen from above looking down, notably Borgholm Castle.

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_key#Origin_of_the_sy...