幟
zhì

flag

Phonosemantic compound. 巾 represents the meaning and 戠 represents the sound.

Components

巾
巾 Meaning component
jīn cloth
戠
戠 Sound component
zhī, zhí to gather

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtjɯɡs
tʰjɯɡs
hljɯɡs

說文解字

旌旗之屬。从巾戠聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

帜 zhì flag Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 巾 represents the meaning and 只 represents the sound. Simplified form of 幟.

Components

巾
巾 Meaning component
jīn cloth
只
只 Sound component
zhǐ, zhī only

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode