帜 Strokes Write it Listen 帜 zhì flag, pennant, sign; to fasten HSK 7–9 8 strokes Radical 巾 Sound + meaning 1 word Built from巾meaningjīncloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel只soundzhīonly, merely, just How it works巾 hints at the meaning (curtain), and 只 zhī hints at the sound.