旗
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flag; variant of 旗[qi2]
14 strokes
Dict coverage rank #619 U+65D7
How 旗 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
方 (semantic, “square”) + 其 (phonetic, qí)
How to remember it
flag · Heisig RSH #2737
banner + hamper
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 其
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 其 (qí) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 其 sound component | qí | his, her, its, their; that |
| 基 | jī | foundation, base |
| 期 | qī | a period of time; date, time; phase |
| 棋 | qí | chess; any strategy game |
| 欺 | qī | to cheat, to double-cross, to deceive |
| 淇 | qí | a river in Henan province |
| 箕 | jī | sieve; dust pan; garbage bag |
| 琪 | qí | fine jade |
| 麒 | qí | mythical unicorn |
| 祺 | qí | good luck, good fortune |
| 萁 | qí | pulses, legumes |
| 綦 | qí | dark gray; variegated; superlative |
| 骐 | qí | piebald horse; excellent horse |
| 蜞 | qí | lightfoot crab; worm, leech |
| 鲯 | qí | ray-finned fish; Coryphaena hippurus |
Words containing 旗
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 花旗国 | huā qí guó | USA (land of the stars and stripes) |
| 达拉特旗 | Dá lā tè qí | Dalad banner in Ordos 鄂爾多斯|鄂尔多斯[E4 er3 duo1 si1], Inner Mongolia |
| 乌拉特中旗 | Wū lā tè zhōng qí | Urat Center banner or Urdyn Dund khoshuu in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3], Inner … |
| 拉大旗作虎皮 | lā dà qí zuò hǔ pí | lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom); fig. to borrow sb's prestige; to… |
| 风马旗 | fēng mǎ qí | Tibetan prayer flag |
| 红旗区 | Hóng qí Qū | Hongqi, a district of Xinxiang City 新鄉市|新乡市[Xin1 xiang1 Shi4], Henan |
| 乌拉特后旗 | Wū lā tè hòu qí | Urat Rear banner or Urdyn Xoit khoshuu in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3], Inner Mo… |
| 乌拉特前旗 | Wū lā tè qián qí | Urat Front banner or Urdyn Ömnöd khoshuu in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3], Inner … |
| 自治旗 | zì zhì qí | autonomous county (in Inner Mongolia); autonomous banner |
| 四子王旗 | Sì zǐ wáng qí | Siziwang banner or Dörvön-xüüxed khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布[Wu1 lan2 cha2 bu4], Inner … |
| 三角旗 | sān jiǎo qí | triangular flag; pennant |
| 花旗银行 | Huā qí Yín háng | Citibank; abbr. to 花旗 |
| 五星红旗 | wǔ xīng hóng qí | five-starred red flag (PRC national flag) |
| 八旗制度 | Bā qí zhì dù | Eight Banners system, the military and social organization of the Manchus between c. 1500 … |
| 大旗 | dà qí | banner |
| 旗子 | qí zi | flag; banner; CL:面[mian4] |
| 旗人 | qí rén | Manchu; bannerman (refers to the eight Manchu banners 八旗[Ba1 qi2]) |
| 下半旗 | xià bàn qí | to fly a flag at half-mast as a sign of mourning |
| 区旗 | qū qí | district flag |
| 国旗 | guó qí | flag (of a country); CL:面[mian4] |