军旗 (jūn qí) — army flag; military colors

Definition

noun
army flagmilitary colors
Measure word · 面
Easily confused

Examples

  • 军旗。
    Zhàn shì men gāo jǔ zhe jūn qí qián jìn.
    The soldiers marched forward holding the army flag high.
  • 军旗。
    jūn qí Zài fēng zhōng piāo yáng.
    The army flag fluttered in the wind.
  • 军旗。
    Tā men shǒu hù zhe zhè miàn jūn qí.
    They guard this army flag.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

军jūnarmy
旗qíflag

军 army specifies the kind of 旗 flag.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 軍; 军 is its simplified writing.

  • 車車jūcart; chariot
  • 勹勹bāoto surround

In the traditional form 軍, 車 shows the chariot sense, while the part now written 勹 is a sound part, not the 'surround' 勹. Simplified 军 is a later shorthand.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
㫃㫃㫃flag
Sound part声符shēngfú
其
其qí旗qí
Same sound today

旗 pairs 㫃, a flag, with 其, which gives the pronunciation qí.

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