战旗 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

zhàn war Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 戈 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound. Simplified form of 戰.

Components

占 Sound component

zhàn divine

戈 Meaning component

gē spear

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

qí banner

Phonosemantic compound. 㫃 represents the meaning and 其 represents the sound.

Components

㫃 Meaning component

yǎn flags flying

其 Sound component

qí its, his, (3p possessive)

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	gi	[g](r)ə	flag

說文解字

《說文》：“旗，熊旗五游，以象罰星，士卒以為期。从，其聲。《周禮》曰：‘率都建旗。’”

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

zhàn war Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 戈 represents the meaning and 單 represents the sound.

Components

單 Sound component

dān single

戈 Meaning component

gē spear

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsyenH	tar-s	to fear
	tsyenH	tar-s	battle

說文解字

《說文》：“戰，鬭也。从戈，單聲。”

Sources

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

战 zhàn war Simplified

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旗 qí banner

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戰 zhàn war Traditional

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zhàn war Simplified

qí banner

zhàn war Traditional