• 国旗こっき — national flag
• 白旗しろはた — white flag
• 反旗はんき — rebel flag, opposition
• 半旗はんき — flag at half-mast
• 旗手きしゅ — flag bearer

旗 combines the phonetic part 其 (キ) with the radical 方 (flag/direction), forming a pictographic meaning related to fabric displayed in the wind — "flag." In modern Japanese, it's used in literal and symbolic senses.

国旗こっきが 風かぜに 揺ゆれています。
The national flag is fluttering in the wind.

白旗しろはたを 上あげたら、降参こうさんの意味いみです。
Raising a white flag means surrender.

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