zhì
flag
Phonosemantic compound. 巾 represents the meaning and 只 represents the sound. Simplified form of 幟.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernMost common words with 帜
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 | 8 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+5E1C |
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