Chinese symbol for “banner”
旗
qí
banner; flag; (in Qing times) Manchu (cf. 八旗 (Bā qí)); administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to 县 (xiàn) county
The closest CC-CEDICT match for banner is 旗 (qí), defined as: banner; flag; (in Qing times) Manchu (cf. 八旗 (Bā qí)); administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to 县 (xiàn) county; measure word: 面 (miàn).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “banner”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 幢 | chuáng | banner; pennant (in ancient China) |
| 大旗 | dà qí | banner |
| 幡 | fān | banner |
| 旌 | jīng | banner; make manifest |
| 标帜 (標幟) | biāo zhì | banner; standard; variant of 标志 (biāo zhì) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 旗.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 旗下 | qí xià | under the banner of |
| 旗帜 (旗幟) | qí zhì | ensign; flag |
| 国旗 (國旗) | guó qí | flag (of a country); measure word: 面 (miàn) |
| 红旗 (紅旗) | hóng qí | red flag; measure word: 面 (miàn) |
| 旗舰 (旗艦) | qí jiàn | flagship |
| 旗号 (旗號) | qí hào | military banner (often used figuratively, usually pejoratively, to mean "pretext" or "ostensible purpose"); flag signal; semaphore |
See also: Japanese symbol for “banner”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.