Usually the znaki are painted onto thin disks of wood cut from a branch. The color is important and symbolic itself, and I have included the color correspondences as well. So far, I have not found that a certain type of wood should be used, and people have also painted stones to use as znaki.
Some of the designs used in Pysanky are similar to the znaki, a set can contain any where from 10 or more stones, this is a list of the most commonly found symbols.
Geometric:
• Bend
- defense, protection
• Circle
- Sun
- cycles of life, completeness
- growth
- good fortune
- happiness
- protection
- everlasting life
- continuity
Circle Halved
- (polarity)
- summer & winter
- night & day
- life & death
Circle with Cross
- the center & four directions
Circle with Dot
- spring
- earth coming to life
Circle within a Circle
- androgyny
• Cross
- (equal-armed)
- the four directions
- the four ages of man (child, youth, man & elder)
- the four elements
- rebirth
- eternal life
• Curls
- defense, protection
- continuity
• Diamonds
- knowledge
• Dots
- stars in the heavens
- tears
- a cuckoo's egg
- spring
- predicting the future
- the axis of the universe (dot in a circle)
• Eternity Band
- (dividing element on the eggs)
- aka the endless line with no beginning or end
- aka meander
Band/Belt
- eternity
Embattled Line
- a forest
- enclosure, something contained
Engrailed & Invected Line
- union of opposites (such as land & water)
Gypsy Road
- the continuous line that acts as a trap for evil
Indented Line
- Sun
- life-giving heat (saw-tooth band)
Line
- the thread of life
- eternity
Meander
- harmony
- motion
- infinity
- immortality
Ribbon
- the thread of life
- eternity
• Spiral
- mysteries of life & death
- divinity
- immortality
- eternity
• Star
- (4, 6,
- female principle
- beauty
- elegance
- success good fortune
- eternal life
- life
- purity
- perfection
- giver of light
- knowledge, wisdom
• Sun
- (small circle, dot, many-rayed)
- life giving
- fire & warmth
- enchantment
- prosperity
- good fortune
• Swastika (yes, i know...as a polish american i do not use this sign because of its misuse by the certain other ethnic groups, however, this sign had a positive meaning in pre-christian slavic lands.)
- Sun
- happiness
- blessings, good fortune
- good will
• Triangle
- (trinity, any trio)
- air, fire, water
- sun, moon, stars
• Tripod
- solar symbol signifing a trinity (triskelion)
- man, woman, child
- birth, life, death
• Water
- wealth, abundance
- growth
- productivity
- cleansing
• Wave
- aka saw-tooth band
- wealth
- rain
- growth
- cleansing
Tools:
• Basket
- see Net
• Basket weave
- see Sieve
• Comb
- putting things in order
• Ladder
- searching
- rising above the petty
- prosperity
• Net
- motherhood, giving life
- containing knowledge
- giving gifts
• Rake
- successful harvest
• Sieve
- division/separation of good & evil
Plants:
• Acorn
- preparing for the future
• Berries
- health
- wisdom
• Branch
- same meaning as the specific tree
• Broad Leaf / Deciduous Trees
- strength
- renewal
- creation
- organic unity
- growth
- eternal life
- see Tree of Life
Oak, Maple, Beech
- men
Birch, Poplar, Bass
- women
• Cucumber
- preservation of life
• Ears of Cereal Plants
Wheat
- wishes for a bountiful life
- bountiful harvest
- health
• Evergreen Trees
Pine Needles
- health
- stamina
- eternal youth
Pine Tree
- health
- stamina
- strength
- boldness
- growth
- eternal life
- eternal youth
• Flowers
- female principles
- love
- charity
- beauty
- children
- wisdom
- elegance
• Fruit
- continuity
- good fellowship
- strong & loyal love
- love of the sacred
• Fruit Trees
Apple
- knowledge
- health
- wisdom
Cherry
- feminine beauty
- happiness
- love
Plum
- knowledge
- health
- wisdom
• Garland
- (Vinok) three bands
- birth, marriage, life
• Grape Vine
- continuity
- good fellowship
- strong & loyal love
• Leaves
- immortality
- eternal or pure love
- strength
- persistence
Oak Leaves
- strength
- cycle of life
- persistence
Small leaves
- youth & love
• Lily of the Valley
- purity
- humility
• Periwinkle
- immortality
- eternal love
• Plants
- rebirth
- nature
• Poppy
- consolation
- oblivion
- sleep
- joy
- beauty
• Rose
- see Star
• Sunflower
- Sun
- motherhood
- life
- love of the sacred
• Three Leaf
- see Periwinkle
• Tree of Life (aka World Tree)
- renewal
- creation
- organic unity
Animal:
• Bear
- associated with the forest guardian spirit
• Bear's Paws
- male, master of home
- bravery
- wisdom
- strength
- endurance
- the coming of Spring
- action
- respect
• Bee
- spring
- rebirth of the land
- hard work
• Birds
- messengers of the Sun and heavens
- joy
- fulfillment of wishes
- fertility
- pushing away evil
- fertility
- fulfillment of wishes
- good harvest
- harbingers of spring
Duck
- precursors of spring to the lakes & rivers
Geese
- precursors of spring to the lakes & rivers
Lark
- brings spring into the fields
Nightingale
- announces spring to the orchards
Sparrow
- community life
- human attachment
Stork
- new babies
Swallow
- foretells the coming of spring
• Bird Parts
- (eyes, feet, beaks, combs, feathers)
- carry the same meaning as whole bird
• Butterfly
- woman
- soul
- resurrection
- ascent of the soul
- pleasure
- frivolity of childhood
• Deer
- wealth, prosperity
• Fish
- abundance
- sacrifice
- regeneration
• Goose feet
- soul or spirit
• Hen
- woman
- children
- fertility
• Hen's Feet
- guidance
- direction of the youth in searching for knowledge
- protection for the young
• Horns
- manhood
- leadership
- nobility
- wisdom
- triumphs over problems
• Horse
- the motion of the Sun
- wealth, prosperity
- endurance
- speed
• Rabbit
- humility
- attending to nature
• Rabbit's Ears
- see Rabbit
• Ram
- leadership
- strength
- dignity
- perseverance
• Ram's horns
- see Ram
• Rooster
- man, masculinity
- wealth
- good fortune
- coming of the dawn
- vigilance
• Snake
- protection from catastrophe
• Spider
- patience
- artistry
- industry
- healing
- good fortune
• Stag
- masculinity
- wealth, prosperity
- leadership
- strength
- victory
- joy
• Wolves Teeth
- (saw-tooth band)
- loyalty
- wisdom
- a firm grip
Colors:
• Black
- darkness
- eternity
- remembrance
- constancy
- death
- fear
- ignorance
- absolute
- the womb
• Red
- Sun
- protection
- fertility
- joy
- passion, love
- enthusiasm
- charity
- spiritual awakening
- action
- fire
• Yellow
- light
- youth
- love
- kindness
- purity
- happiness
- wisdom
- the harvest
- hospitality
- benevolence
• White
- purity
- light
- innocence
- birth
- virginity
- ignorance
• Dark Red
- harvest
- gathering fruit
• Black & Red
- ignorance arising from passion
• Black & White
- protection from evil
- respect for the dead
- ignorance of mind
• Blue
- sky
- air
- good health
- truth
- fidelity
- higher life
- trust
• Brown
- mother earth
- harvest
• Green
- life
- earth
- plants
- fertility
- renewal, freshness
- hope
- health
• Orange
- Sun
- light
- fire
- endurance
- strength
- power
- passion (red) tempered by wisdom (yellow)
- worthy ambition
• Purple
- patience
- trust
- power
- fasting
