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banner or flag

HSK 10
jīng
セイ、ショウ
あら.わす、はた
Components
direction+ life =
banner or flag
Meaning component
fāng direction
a square, rectangle
flag
Phonetic component
shēng life
life, living, lifetime
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[jīng]
banner; make manifest
Japanese
(rare) はた 同音

noun

  1. flag
  2. Buddhism pataka (banner)
  3. banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
せい 同音
noun flag (esp. originally a flagpole-topping streamer made of feathers)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
せい
Sei given name