旗

See also: 旂

旗 U+65D7, 旗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-65D7 ← 旖 [U+65D6] CJK Unified Ideographs 旘 → [U+65D8]

Translingual

Han character

旗 (Kangxi radical 70, 方+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜尸人廿金 (YSOTC), four-corner 0828₁, composition ⿸𭤨其)

Derived characters

• 𪇥, 𪰃, 籏, 𫰁

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 484, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13687
• Dae Jaweon: page 846, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2183, character 13
• Unihan data for U+65D7

Chinese

simp. and trad.		旗
alternative forms		旂

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 旗
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Qin slip script	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
基	*kɯ
箕	*kɯ
朞	*kɯ
稘	*kɯ
萁	*kɯ, *ɡɯ
期	*kɯ, *ɡɯ
諅	*kɯ, *ɡɯs
其	*kɯ, *ɡɯ
錤	*kɯ, *ɡɯ
諆	*kɯ, *kʰɯ
欺	*kʰɯ
娸	*kʰɯ
魌	*kʰɯ
僛	*kʰɯ
唭	*kʰɯs
棋	*ɡɯ
旗	*ɡɯ
淇	*ɡɯ
祺	*ɡɯ, *ɡɯ
琪	*ɡɯ
騏	*ɡɯ
綦	*ɡɯ
麒	*ɡɯ
蜞	*ɡɯ
綨	*ɡɯ
蜝	*ɡɯ
棊	*ɡɯ
碁	*ɡɯ
鯕	*ɡɯ
踑	*ɡɯ
藄	*ɡɯ
櫀	*ɡɯ
璂	*ɡɯ
禥	*ɡɯ
惎	*ɡɯs
帺	*ɡɯs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡɯ) : semantic 㫃 (“flag”) + phonetic 其 (OC *kɯ, *ɡɯ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): qí (qi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): qi²

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): kei⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): kei³

• Gan (Wiktionary): qi²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khì

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ki²

• Jin (Wiktionary): qi¹
• Northern Min (KCR): gǐ
• Eastern Min (BUC): gì
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gi⁵

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): gi⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ji
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ji²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cí
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²
    • Yale: chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyi
    • Palladius: ци (ci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: qi²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ki
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kei⁴
    • Yale: kèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: kei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei²²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: qi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²⁴/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khì
    • Hakka Romanization System: ki^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ki²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ki²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: qi¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕʰi¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gǐ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî
    • Tâi-lô: kî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei): /ki²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gi⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki⁵⁵/
  • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: gi⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ki²²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ji
    • MiniDict: ji^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³jji
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑi²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: gi

Rime
Character	旗
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	渠之切
Baxter	gi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨ/
Li Rong	/ɡiə/
Wang Li	/ɡĭə/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kei4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ](r)ə/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡɯ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	旗
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qí
Middle Chinese	‹ gi ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ](r)ə/
English	flag
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	旗
Reading #	1/1
No.	9948
Phonetic component	其
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	其
Old Chinese	/*ɡɯ/

Definitions

旗

1. flag; banner (Classifier: 面 m; 支 c mn-t)
2. (historical) banner (type of administrative and military division under the Qing dynasty)
3. banner (type of administrative division in Inner Mongolia, China)
4. (Hong Kong Cantonese taxi driver jargon) fare; customer; trip (Classifier: 支 c)
5. (Hong Kong Cantonese slang) opium pipe
6. a surname

Compounds

• 下半旗 (xiàbànqí)
• 令字旗
• 令旗
• 作纛旗兒 / 作纛旗儿
• 倒旗鎗 / 倒旗枪
• 偃旗息鼓 (yǎnqíxīgǔ)
• 偃旗臥鼓 / 偃旗卧鼓
• 八旗 (bāqí)
• 八旗制度
• 八旗子弟 (bāqí zǐdì)
• 八旗都統 / 八旗都统
• 劍旗魚 / 剑旗鱼
• 區旗 / 区旗 (qūqí)
• 升旗 (shēngqí)
• 卷旗息鼓
• 國旗 / 国旗 (guóqí)
• 國旗法 / 国旗法
• 執旗將 / 执旗将
• 大張旗鼓 / 大张旗鼓 (dàzhāngqígǔ)
• 太陽旗 / 太阳旗 (tàiyángqí)
• 定風旗 / 定风旗
• 帥字旗 / 帅字旗
• 打旗兒的 / 打旗儿的
• 打順風旗 / 打顺风旗
• 扯順風旗 / 扯顺风旗
• 拔旗
• 授旗
• 掩旗息鼓
• 揚旗 / 扬旗
• 揭白旗
• 搴旗
• 搴旗取將 / 搴旗取将
• 搖旗吶喊 / 摇旗呐喊 (yáoqínàhǎn)
• 搖旗打鼓 / 摇旗打鼓
• 搖旗擂鼓 / 摇旗擂鼓 (yáo qí léigǔ)
• 搴旗斬馘 / 搴旗斩馘
• 搖旗鼓譟 / 摇旗鼓噪
• 摩旗相助
• 撲旗 / 扑旗
• 撦鼓奪旗 / 撦鼓夺旗
• 斬將奪旗 / 斩将夺旗
• 斬將搴旗 / 斩将搴旗 (zhǎnjiàngqiānqí)
• 旍旗
• 旌旗 (jīngqí)
• 旌旗所指
• 旌旗蔽天
• 旌旗蔽日 (jīngqíbìrì)
• 旌旗蔽空
• 旗丁
• 旗下 (qíxià)
• 旗亭
• 旗亭畫壁 / 旗亭画壁
• 旗人 (qírén)
• 旗子 (qízi)
• 旗山 (Qíshān, “Cishan”)
• 旗幟 / 旗帜 (qízhì)
• 旗手 (qíshǒu)
• 旗旛 (qífān)
• 旗杆 (qígān)
• 旗杆灣 (Qígānwān)
• 旗桿 / 旗杆 (qígān)
• 旗槍 / 旗枪
• 旗津 (Qíjīn, “Cijin”)
• 旗牌
• 旗牌官
• 旗瓣
• 旗竿 (qígān)
• 旗籍
• 旗艦 / 旗舰 (qíjiàn)
• 旗花
• 旗號 / 旗号 (qíhào)
• 旗袋
• 旗袍 (qípáo)
• 旗裝 / 旗装
• 旗語 / 旗语 (qíyǔ)
• 旗開得勝 / 旗开得胜
• 旗開馬到 / 旗开马到
• 旗靡
• 旗頭 / 旗头
• 旗魚 / 旗鱼 (qíyú)
• 旗鼓
• 旗鼓相望
• 旗鼓相當 / 旗鼓相当 (qígǔxiāngdāng)
• 旭日旗 (xùrìqí)
• 星旗
• 星旗電戟 / 星旗电戟
• 星條旗 / 星条旗 (Xīngtiáoqí)
• 校旗 (xiàoqí)
• 桂旗
• 海軍旗 / 海军旗
• 牙旗
• 獻旗 / 献旗
• 王命旗牌
• 白旗 (báiqí)
• 盟旗制度
• 磨旗
• 祭旗 (jìqí)
• 萬國旗 / 万国旗 (wànguóqí)
• 精忠旗
• 紅旗 / 红旗 (hóngqí)
• 紅旗報捷 / 红旗报捷
• 紅旗手 / 红旗手
• 綠旗兵 / 绿旗兵
• 繡旗 / 绣旗 (xiùqí)
• 纛旗
• 義旗 / 义旗 (yìqí)
• 臥旗息鼓 / 卧旗息鼓
• 臥鼓偃旗 / 卧鼓偃旗
• 舉白旗 / 举白旗 (jǔ báiqí)
• 花旗 (Huāqí)
• 茶旗
• 蚩尤旗 (Chīyóuqí)
• 認旗 / 认旗
• 豎白旗 / 竖白旗
• 買旗 / 买旗
• 賣旗 / 卖旗
• 軍旗 / 军旗 (jūnqí)
• 轍亂旗靡 / 辙乱旗靡 (zhéluànqímǐ)
• 酒旗 (jiǔqí)
• 重振旗鼓
• 重整旗鼓 (chóngzhěng qígǔ)
• 錦旗 / 锦旗 (jǐnqí)
• 鏢旗 / 镖旗
• 門旗 / 门旗 (ménqí)
• 降半旗 (jiàngbànqí)
• 降旗 (jiàngqí)
• 靠旗
• 順風扯旗 / 顺风扯旗
• 順風旗 / 顺风旗
• 黃旗紫蓋 / 黄旗紫盖
• 黑旗 (hēiqí)
• 黑旗軍 / 黑旗军
• 黨旗 / 党旗 (dǎngqí)
• 龍旗 / 龙旗

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (旗):

• → Japanese: 旗(き) (ki)
• → Korean: 기(旗) (gi)
• → Vietnamese: kì (旗)

Others:

• → Vietnamese: cờ
• → Zhuang: geiz

References

• “旗”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• (Min Nan) “Entry #10566”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Kanji

旗

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. national flag
2. banner
3. standard

Readings

• Go-on: ぎ (gi)
• Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
• Kun: はた (hata, 旗, Jōyō)

Etymology 1

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *pata[2].

Kanji in this term
旗
はた Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はた [hàtáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠ta̠]

Noun

旗(はた) • (hata) 

1. flag

   プエルトリコの旗(はた)

   Pueruto Riko no hata

   flag of Puerto Rico

Descendants

• → Sakizaya: hata

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
旗
き Grade: 4
on'yomi

Affix

旗(き) • (ki) 

1. flag; banner

Noun

旗(き) • (ki) 

1. banner (type of administrative division in Inner Mongolia, China)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 旗 (MC gi).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	끵 (Yale: kkùy)
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
	Gloss (hun)	Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[3]	긧 (Yale: kùy-s)	긔 (Yale: kùy)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ki]
• Phonetic hangul: [기]

Hanja

旗 (eumhun 깃발 기 (gitbal gi))

1. hanja form^? of 기 (“flag; banner”) [noun; affix]

Compounds

• 국기 (國旗, gukgi)
• 군기 (軍旗, gun'gi)
• 기수 (旗手, gisu)
• 기장 (旗章, gijang)
• 기치 (旗幟, gichi)
• 농기 (農旗, nonggi)
• 당기 (黨旗, danggi)
• 백기 (白旗, baekgi)
• 삼색기 (三色旗, samsaekgi)
• 성조기 (星條旗, seongjogi)
• 영기 (令旗, yeonggi)
• 자치기 (自治旗, jachigi)
• 태극기 (太極旗, taegeukgi)
• 팔기 (八旗, palgi)

Vietnamese

Han character

旗: Hán Nôm readings: cờ, kỳ, kì

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