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帜

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
8
Radical
巾 +5
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
幟
Common rank
#3,709
Unicode
U+5E1C

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Formation & memory

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How 帜 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

巾 meaning “curtain” + 只 sound ( zhī )

Components 巾 只

How to remember it

streamer · Heisig RSH #415

巾 towel + 口 mouth + animal legs

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 帜

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
别树一帜 bié shù yī zhì lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner; to stand out;…
独树一帜 dú shù yī zhì lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner; to stand out;…
旗帜鲜明 qí zhì xiān míng to show one's colors; to have a clear-cut stand (idiom)
标帜 biāo zhì banner; standard; variant of 標誌|标志[biao1 zhi4]
旗帜 qí zhì ensign; flag
徽帜 huī zhì banner

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 只 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
只 sound part zhī only, merely, just
识 shí knowledge; to understand, to recognize, to know
积 jī to store up, to amass, to accumulate
职 zhí duty, profession; office, post
织 zhī to knit, to weave; to organize, to unite
炽 chì to burn, to blaze; splendid; intense
咫 zhǐ unit of length used during the Zhou dynasty
枳 zhǐ trifoliate orange; hedge thorn
轵 zhǐ the end of an axle that extends beyond the hub