Meaning & readings
flag, banner, standard
On’yomi キ
Kun’yomi はた
Origin
This character most likely combines two parts: the left side shows a flag or banner hanging from a pole, while the right side is a phonetic component that hints at pronunciation. The visual arrangement of the strokes resembles cloth or fabric fluttering, which captures the basic idea of a flag or banner waving in the wind. Over time, the picturesque elements became more stylized into the formal written character, but the connection to cloth and the pole holding it remained central to the character's meaning.
Components
This character is treated as a single, undivided shape (旗).
Common words
Reference
- Strokes
- 14
- Kangxi radical
- 70
- Formation type
- Pictographic or simple
- Grade
- Grade 4 (Kyōiku)
- Frequency rank
- #1190 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 1
- Unicode
- U+065D7