zhì
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Phonosemantic compound. 巾 represents the meaning and 戠 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 幟
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
ensign | ||
to stand out | ||
to show one's colors | ||
flag | ||
to stand out |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 1.8260% of movies
2811th most common character in movies
2813th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 15 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+5E5F |
Shuowen | 《說文新附》：“幟，旌旗之屬。从巾，戠聲。” |
Sources
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