旗 (qí) — flag, banner; emblem, symbol; (historical) banner (Mongol/Manchu administrative division)
Definition
旗 is the base noun for a 'flag' or 'banner' (physical cloth, company emblem), and also the historical Qing-dynasty administrative unit in Mongolia (a 旗 was a Manchu banner).
noun
flagbanneremblemsymbol(historical) banner (Mongol/Manchu administrative division)
Measure word · 面
Easily confused
- 族zúlook-alike(suffix) ethnic group, race, or race; also used for clans and lineages
- 其qísound-alike(possessive pronoun: his, her, its, their (used before a noun)
- 旌jīnglook-alikebanner, flag (in literary compounds)
- 骑qísound-aliketo ride (a horse, bike, or other vehicle one sits astride)
- 施shīlook-alike(bound form) to bestow; to give
- 齐qísound-alike(adjective) neat, even, uniform
Examples
- ，旗。Shēng qí yí shì shàng, qí yíng fēng piāo yáng.During the flag-raising ceremony, the flag fluttered in the wind.
- 。Zhè ge tú àn shì gōng sī de qí zhì.This pattern is the company's emblem.
- ，旗。Qīng cháo shí qī, měng gǔ bèi fēn wéi duō gè qí.During the Qing dynasty, Mongolia was divided into multiple banners.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost 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
旗 pairs 㫃, a flag, with 其, which gives the pronunciation qí.
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