A square symbol is drying: a circle inside it means tumble drying (dots show heat level), and lines inside the bare square show natural drying — vertical for line-drying, horizontal for flat-drying, and a diagonal corner line for shade only.
Tumble Drying
Tumble dry at normal temperature (80°C)
Tumble dry at low temperature (60°C)
Do not tumble dry
Natural Drying
Line dry (hang to dry)
Drip line dry (hang wet without spinning)
Flat dry (lay flat to dry)
Drip flat dry (lay flat wet without spinning)
Line dry in shade (hang away from sunlight)
Drip line dry in shade (hang wet, no sun)
Flat dry in shade (lay flat, no sun)
Drip flat dry in shade (lay flat wet, no sun)
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