huī

a pennant

Evolution

麾 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
麾 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
麾 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

huī

a pennant, flag, banner; to signal to; signal flag; to signal

Most common words with 麾
Freq.
Word
Meaning

麾下

troops

signal flag

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4353rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Unicode

U+9EBE

Shuowen

“,旌旗,所以指麾也。从手,靡聲。”


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