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Components
方 meaning component

  Meaning component

fāng

  

square

square

其 sound component

  Sound component

  

its, his, (3p possessive)

Evolution

旗 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
旗 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
旗 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

banner, flag, streamer; banner; flag; (in Qing times) Manchu (cf. 八旗[Bā​qí]); administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to |[xiàn] county; CL:[miàn]

() 

variant of [qí]

Most common words with 旗
Freq.
Word
Meaning

banner

旗帜

ensign

国旗

flag (of a country)

红旗

Red flag city district

旗子

flag