旗

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flag

HSK 6 N1

Abstract →Space

qí

キ

はた

기

Phonosemantic compound. 㫃 represents the meaning and 其 represents the sound.

Components

㫃 flags flying+ 其 his-hers-its-theirs =

旗 flag

㫃 Meaning component

yǎn flags flying

flags flying, long bands or ribbons attached to flags, streamers, etc. (ancient form of 偃) to cease

其 Phonetic component

qí his-hers-its-theirs

his, her, its, their

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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

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

旗

Regular

Modern

Chinese

旗 [qí]

banner; flag; (in Qing times) Manchu (cf. 八旗[Bāqí]); administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to 縣|县[xiàn] county; CL:面[miàn]

Japanese

旗、幡、旌 (rare) はた同音

noun

flag
Buddhism pataka (banner)
banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)

Example Sentences

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彼は旗を上下に動かした。

He moved the flags up and down.

Japanese Names

旗はた

Hata surname

CHINESE WORDS (200)

Red flag city district

红旗 [Hóngqí] #31,379

Red flag city district

the Stars and Stripes (US flag)

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JAPANESE WORDS (104)

反旗を翻す [はんきをひるがえす] #25,052

under the command (of)

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KOREAN WORDS (5)