旗

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flag; variant of 旗[qi2]

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HSK 3.0: Level 6
Old HSK: Level 6
Strokes: 14
Radical: 方 +10
Structure: Left–right 左右
Traditional: 旗
Common rank: #619
Unicode: U+65D7

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Formation & memory

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How 旗 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

方 meaning “square” + 其 sound ( qí )

Components 方其 ? unknown part

How to remember it

flag · Heisig RSH #2737

banner + hamper

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 旗

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
花旗国	huā qí guó	USA (land of the stars and stripes)
达拉特旗	Dá lā tè qí	Dalad banner in Ordos 鄂爾多斯\|鄂尔多斯[E4 er3 duo1 si1], Inner Mongolia
乌拉特中旗	Wū lā tè zhōng qí	Urat Center banner or Urdyn Dund khoshuu in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾\|巴彦淖尔[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3], Inner …
拉大旗作虎皮	lā dà qí zuò hǔ pí	lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom); fig. to borrow sb's prestige; to…
风马旗	fēng mǎ qí	Tibetan prayer flag
红旗区	Hóng qí Qū	Hongqi, a district of Xinxiang City 新鄉市\|新乡市[Xin1 xiang1 Shi4], Henan
乌拉特后旗	Wū lā tè hòu qí	Urat Rear banner or Urdyn Xoit khoshuu in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾\|巴彦淖尔[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3], Inner Mo…
乌拉特前旗	Wū lā tè qián qí	Urat Front banner or Urdyn Ömnöd khoshuu in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾\|巴彦淖尔[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3], Inner …
自治旗	zì zhì qí	autonomous county (in Inner Mongolia); autonomous banner
四子王旗	Sì zǐ wáng qí	Siziwang banner or Dörvön-xüüxed khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布\|乌兰察布[Wu1 lan2 cha2 bu4], Inner …
三角旗	sān jiǎo qí	triangular flag; pennant
花旗银行	Huā qí Yín háng	Citibank; abbr. to 花旗
五星红旗	wǔ xīng hóng qí	five-starred red flag (PRC national flag)
八旗制度	Bā qí zhì dù	Eight Banners system, the military and social organization of the Manchus between c. 1500 …
大旗	dà qí	banner
旗子	qí zi	flag; banner; CL:面[mian4]
旗人	qí rén	Manchu; bannerman (refers to the eight Manchu banners 八旗[Ba1 qi2])
区旗	qū qí	district flag
下半旗	xià bàn qí	to fly a flag at half-mast as a sign of mourning
国旗	guó qí	flag (of a country); CL:面[mian4]

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 其 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
其 sound part	qí	his, her, its, their; that
基	jī	foundation, base
期	qī	a period of time; date, time; phase
棋	qí	chess; any strategy game
欺	qī	to cheat, to double-cross, to deceive
淇	qí	a river in Henan province
箕	jī	sieve; dust pan; garbage bag
琪	qí	fine jade
麒	qí	mythical unicorn
祺	qí	good luck, good fortune
萁	qí	pulses, legumes
綦	qí	dark gray; variegated; superlative
骐	qí	piebald horse; excellent horse
蜞	qí	lightfoot crab; worm, leech
鲯	qí	ray-finned fish; Coryphaena hippurus