clan; nationality; ethnicity

Made up of [ fāng square; honest; upright radical 70, 丿 piě 'slash' radical 4, shǐ arrow; to vow radical 111]
Made with 11 strokes.
Combines a pictogram for 'flag' with 'arrow' suggesting group of people or 'clan' defending themselves

Related characters


Also uses fāng component: fàng (let go) 访 fǎng (to visit) ; fǎng (fine woven silk fabric) ; 仿 fǎng (to imitate) ; fáng (house) ; fáng (to protect) ; (trip) ; shī (to grant)
Also uses 丿 piě component: (certainly) (younger brother) ; (at) ; jiǔ (long time) ; jiǔ (nine) ; (music) ; me (what) ; nǎi (to be) ; nián (year) ; shǎo (less) ; shēng (produce) ; shī (to lose) ; (do not) ; (fifth (ordinal)) ; (noon) ; (justice) ; zhī (him)
Also uses shǐ component: ǎi (low) hòu (wait) ; hóu (nobleman) ; tiě (arms) ; (doctor) ; zhī (to know)

Sounds same

(foot)

Different tone

(to hire) ; (grandfather) ; (to form) ; (to hinder)

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Pronunciation

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