Learn HSK courses HSK 2.0 Current standard HSK 3.0 Coming soon Practice Flashcards & reading Flashcards SRS practice Reading Practice with texts HSK Decks Browse & enroll decks My Decks Manage custom decks Reference Dictionary & hanzi Dictionary Search everything Hanzi Characters & strokes Play Games All Games Pick a game Hanzi Hunter Pinyin typing shooter Tone Trials Train your ear Memory March New or seen before? High Scores Your best runs Progress Stats & rankings Stats Your learning dashboard Achievements Badges & milestones Leaderboards How you rank Reviews What learners say
LearnChinese.ai - Learn Mandarin Chinese Online LearnChinese.ai - Learn Mandarin Chinese Online
LearnChinese.ai - Learn Mandarin Chinese Online LearnChinese.ai - Learn Mandarin Chinese Online
Learn
HSK 2.0 Current standard HSK 3.0 Coming soon
Practice
Flashcards SRS practice Reading Practice with texts HSK Decks Browse & enroll decks My Decks Manage custom decks
Reference
Dictionary Search everything Hanzi Characters & strokes
Play
All Games Pick a game Hanzi Hunter Pinyin typing shooter Tone Trials Train your ear Memory March New or seen before? High Scores Your best runs
Progress
Stats Your learning dashboard Achievements Badges & milestones Leaderboards How you rank Reviews What learners say
Login Sign Up
Back to Dictionary
旗
qí
1. banner
2. flag
3. (in Qing times) refers to Manchurian ruling class, from [[八旗<bāqí>]] eight banners
4. administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to [[縣|县<xiàn>]] county
5. CL:[[面<miàn>]]
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 14 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

旗
qí
banner, flag, streamer
HSK 6 14 丶

Compound Words (20)

八旗
bāqí
Eight Banners, military organization of Manchu later Jin dynasty [[後金|后金<HòuJīn>]] from c. 1600, subsequently of the Qing dynasty
区旗
qūqí
district flag
升旗
shēngqí
to raise a flag
半旗
bànqí
half-mast
吴旗
Wúqí
Wuqi town and county, Shaanxi
国旗
guóqí
flag (of a country)
大旗
dàqí
banner
彩旗
cǎiqí
colored flag
战旗
zhànqí
a war flag
挂旗
guàqí
vertical banner (for display at exhibitions, advertising hung from poles in the street etc)
搴旗
qiānqí
to pull and capture the enemy's flag
旌旗
jīngqí
gonfanon
旗丁
qídīng
Manchurian foot soldier
旗下
qíxià
under the banner of
旗人
qírén
Manchu
旗兵
qíbīng
Manchurian soldier
旗子
qízi
flag
旗官
qíguān
Manchurian official
旗山
Qíshān
Chishan town in Kaohsiung county [[高雄縣|高雄县<Gāoxióngxiàn>]], southwest Taiwan
旗幅
qífú
to fly (from a flagpole)

Alternate Entries

旗
qí
flag / variant of [[旗<qí>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,406
Word Frequency Rank
2,858 of 84,292

LearnChinese.ai

Master Mandarin

Site

About Custom Decks Accounts & Social Contact

Editorial

Learning Resources Blog HSK 2.0 vs 3.0

Legal

Privacy Policy Terms of Service

Plans

Plans

© 2026 LearnChinese.ai. All rights reserved.