0127 - 旗[기] - 기(곰과 범을 그린 기) - banner, flag, streamer

The Story [이야기] :

• This is a pictophonetic character.  A "Square/Rectangle" 方 made by certain person 人 suggests the meaning, while 其[기] suggests the sound.  The character 其 is the picture of a basket.  A certain secret flag was made by a prominent person 人 and the shape of the flag is rectangular 方.  This flag is currently kept secret inside a basket 其.

Stroke Order [획순] :

New Vocabulary [새로운 단어] :

기수 [旗手] - a standard-bearer; an ensign
수기 [手旗] - a flag; a general's flag
국기 [國旗] - the national flag [colors]; an ensign
백기 [白旗] - a white flag; a flag of truce or surrender
청기 [靑旗] - a blue flag
군기 [軍旗] - the colors; a standard

 

Example Sentences [예문] :

中國의 右익운動家들이 8月 15日 조어도에 中國 國旗를 꽂으며 이 섬이 自國의 땅임을 상징적으로 주장했다.
Chinese activists went to the Diaoyu Islands on August 15 to raise a Chinese flag and symbolically claim the islands for this country.