幟

See also: 帜

幟 U+5E5F, 幟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E5F ← 幞 [U+5E5E] CJK Unified Ideographs 幠 → [U+5E60]

Translingual

Han character

幟 (Kangxi radical 50, 巾+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中月卜戈日 (LBYIA), four-corner 4325₀, composition ⿰巾戠)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 336, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9080
• Dae Jaweon: page 643, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 755, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5E5F

Chinese

trad.		幟
simp.		帜

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 幟
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (戠) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
識	*tjɯɡs, *hljɯɡ
幟	*tjɯɡs, *tʰjɯɡs, *hljɯɡs
織	*tjɯɡs, *tjɯɡ
熾	*tʰjɯɡs
樴	*dɯːɡ, *tjɯɡ
職	*tjɯɡ
軄	*tjɯɡ
戠	*tjɯɡ
膱	*tjɯɡ
蟙	*tjɯɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjɯɡs, *tʰjɯɡs, *hljɯɡs) : semantic 巾 (“cloth”) + phonetic 戠 (OC *tjɯɡ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhì (zhi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chì / chhì

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zi³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵tsy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìh
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴
    • Yale: jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh
    • Palladius: чжи (čži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci³
    • Yale: chi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chì
    • Tâi-lô: tsì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡si¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /t͡si²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì
    • Tâi-lô: tshì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰi⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zi³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵tsy
    • MiniDict: tsyi^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: syiH, tsyhiH

Rime
Character	幟	幟
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	式吏切	昌志切
Baxter	syiH	tsyhiH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨH/	/t͡ɕʰɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕɨH/	/t͡ɕʰɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕieH/	/t͡ɕʰieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕɨH/	/cʰɨH/
Li Rong	/ɕiəH/	/t͡ɕʰiəH/
Wang Li	/ɕĭəH/	/t͡ɕʰĭəH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕiH/	/t͡ɕʰiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shì	chì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si3	ci3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjɯɡs/, /*tʰjɯɡs/, /*hljɯɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	幟	幟	幟
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	17245	17248	17249
Phonetic component	戠	戠	戠
Rime group	代	代	代
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	志	熾	試
Old Chinese	/*tjɯɡs/	/*tʰjɯɡs/	/*hljɯɡs/

Definitions

幟

1. flag; banner

   旗幟／旗帜  ―  qízhì  ―  flag; banner

2. (literary) mark; sign
3. a surname

Compounds

• 別樹一幟／别树一帜 (biéshùyīzhì)
• 幡幟／幡帜
• 徽幟／徽帜
• 拔幟／拔帜
• 拔幟易幟／拔帜易帜
• 摽幟／摽帜
• 旗幟／旗帜 (qízhì)
• 易幟／易帜
• 標幟／标帜
• 獨樹一幟／独树一帜

 

Japanese

Kanji

幟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: し (shi)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Kun: のぼり (nobori, 幟)
• Nanori: のぼる (noboru)

Noun

幟(のぼり) • (nobori) 

1. flag, banner

Compounds

• 旗幟(きし) (kishi)
• 鯉幟(こいのぼり) (koinobori)
• 五月幟(ごがつのぼり) (gogatsunobori), 五月幟(さつきのぼり) (satsukinobori)

Korean

Hanja

幟 • (chi) (hangeul 치, revised chi, McCune–Reischauer ch'i)

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Vietnamese

Han character

幟: Hán Việt readings: xí
幟: Nôm readings: xí

1. chữ Hán form of xí (“flag, banner”).