旗幟

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See also: 旗帜

Chinese

banner; flag flag
trad. (旗幟) 旗 幟
simp. (旗帜) 旗 帜

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 旗 幟 幟
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 群 (30) 書 (26) 昌 (24)
Final (韻) 之 (19) 之 (19) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) III III III
Fanqie 渠之切 式吏切 昌志切
Baxter gi syiH tsyhiH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɡɨ/ /ɕɨH/ /t͡ɕʰɨH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɡɨ/ /ɕɨH/ /t͡ɕʰɨH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɡie/ /ɕieH/ /t͡ɕʰieH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/gɨ/ /ɕɨH/ /cʰɨH/
Li
Rong 		/ɡiə/ /ɕiəH/ /t͡ɕʰiəH/
Wang
Li 		/ɡĭə/ /ɕĭəH/ /t͡ɕʰĭəH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/gi/ /ɕiH/ /t͡ɕʰiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qí shì chì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		kei4 si3 ci3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 旗
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		qí
Middle
Chinese 		‹ gi ›
Old
Chinese 		/*(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. * 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 幟 幟 幟
Reading # 1/1 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 9948 17245 17248 17249
Phonetic
component 		其 戠 戠 戠
Rime
group 		之 代 代 代
Rime
subdivision 		0 0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		其 志 熾 試
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡɯ/ /*tjɯɡs/ /*tʰjɯɡs/ /*hljɯɡs/

Noun

旗幟

  1. banner; flag (Classifier: 面)
  2. (figurative) good example; model
  3. (figurative) representative or charismatic stands, theories, or thoughts

Synonyms

  • (banner):
  • (good example):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (旗幟):
  • → Japanese: 旗幟(きし) (kishi)
  • → Korean: 기치(旗幟) (gichi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
旗 幟
き
Grade: 4 		し
Hyōgaiji
kan'on on'yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese, in turn from Middle Chinese 旗幟 (MC gi syiH|tsyhiH, literally “flag + banner”).

First cited in Japanese to a portion of the Shoku Nihongi dated to 765.

Pronunciation

Noun

旗(き)幟(し) • (kishi) 

  1. banner, flag (particularly as used in battle to show position on the field)
  2. (by extension from the "position" sense) one's clear stance, attitude, or position with regard to an issue; a person who clearly advocates for such a position

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “旗幟”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
旗幟

Noun

旗幟 • (gichi) (hangeul 기치)

  1. Hanja form? of 기치 (“banner, flag”).
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