TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字
幟
幟 ＝ 巾 ＋ 戠
ㄓˋ · zhì
noun — a flag, banner, ensign
字源 FORM — what the parts do
戠聲zhí — gives the sounda lance (戈) and 音 — worn down in the modern glyph
{zh,sh}ITzhí → zhì — same family, tone shifts
A length of cloth (巾) raised as a sign — the banner, the colors. 戠 zhí carries the sound, worn to zhì and abbreviated in the modern glyph from its fuller form. From the raised cloth: 旗幟; and to "plant a flag of one's own" is 獨樹一幟. 戠 heads a sound series: 識、職、織.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一幅布（巾）綁上桿子，迎風一展——這是我們的幟。
A cloth (巾) lashed to a pole and let out in the wind — this is our banner.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)旗幟— a flag, banner常用
→標幟— a mark, an emblem
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension