Comment by kurthr

I thought Mitsubishi was 三菱 for Three Diamonds? Seems to go better with their log.

Mitsuboshi, 三つ星, would I think be for three stars, particularly the stars of Orion's belt.

"According to Samsung's founder, the meaning of the Korean hanja Samsung (三星) is three stars."

https://news.samsung.com/global/20-things-you-didnt-know-abo...