标帜
biāo​zhì

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标 biāo mark, symbol Simplified

Simplified form of 標. Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 票 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
示
示 Simplified component
shì show

Shorthand for the 票 component in the traditional character 標.

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

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

標 biāo mark, symbol Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 票 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
票
票 Sound component
piào slip of paper or bamboo

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpew
pewʔ
Unicodebiɛu

說文解字

《說文》：“，木杪末也，从木聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

幟 zhì flag Traditional

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)