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What does this power adapter symbol mean?

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Question

I have a laptop power brick with this symbol on it.

[Unknown symbol]1

It reminds me of a Class II symbol:

[Class II symbol]2

but is, obviously, different.

The central symbol looks like a noiseless (clean) earth (ground) symbol (see here):

[Noiseless (clean) earth (ground) symbol]3

It's unclear what the two symbols might mean if they're nested.

Answer

This is symbol is meant to "identify a piece of class II equipment with the functional earthing (grounding)." (Source)

[Class II equipment with functional grounding]1