Chinese Character 幟 Meanings and components.

Form

幟

Meaning

幟 meaning[3] in English

Flag.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 幟 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are towel (巾) , and to gather (戠)

Its radical[1] is: 巾 (jin1) which means: Towel, General Purpose Cloth, Women's Headcovering (Old), Kangxi Radical 50, .巾jin1towel

In cangjie it is written with LBYIA

How to write 幟

To write幟zhi4flag you should write a combination of 巾jin1towel , 戠zhi1to gather arranged in a 吅 shape:

巾 + 戠 = 幟

幟 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 幟 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 幟, looks as follow:

幟
Pinyin:zhi4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Flag
巾
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Towel . General Purpose Cloth . Women'S Headcovering (Old) . Kangxi Radical 50
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)
戠
Pinyin:zhi1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Gather . Old Variant Of 埴[Zhi2]
音
Pinyin:yin1
Meaning[3]: Sound . Noise . Note (Of Musical Scale) . Tone . News . Syllable . Reading (Phonetic Value Of A Character)
立
Pinyin:li4
Meaning[3]: Surname Li
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
戈
Pinyin:ge1
Meaning[3]: Surname Ge
弋
Pinyin:yi4
Meaning[3]: To Shoot
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

  • Wiktionary Page for 幟in English or Chinese