幟

flag

towel / general purpose cloth / women's headcovering (old) / Kangxi radical 50

to gather / old variant of 埴[zhi2]

ensign / flag

lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner / to stand out / to develop one's own school / to have attitude of one's own

to show one's colors / to have a clear-cut stand (idiom)

banner / standard / variant of 標誌|标志[biao1 zhi4]

banner

lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner / to stand out / to develop one's own school / to have attitude of one's own