一切經音義 4.285

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幖幟（上必遙反玉篇標舉也畫牌也表識也韻詮立為記也處所也考聲頭上幟也說文木末也從木票聲也票必消反或從巾作幖亦同下齒至反毛詩傳云熾盛也正作幟旌旗上表飾也博雅云幡也說文從巾戠聲也）。

Banners and pennants [幖幟] (the upper character is bi + yao fan [biao]. The Yupian says: 'Biao means to raise up, a painted board, an identifying sign.' The Yunquan says: 'Set up as a mark; a place.' The Kaosheng says: 'A banner on top of the head.' The Shuowen jiezi says: 'The tip of a tree; it takes the 'wood' radical and piao phonetic; piao is bi + xiao fan [piao].' Alternatively written with the 'cloth' radical as 幖, which is also the same. The lower character is chi + zhi fan [zhi]. The Commentary on the Mao Odes says: 'Blazing and flourishing; correctly written as 幟, an identifying decoration upon flags and pennants.' The Boya says: 'A streamer.' The Shuowen jiezi says: 'It takes the 'cloth' radical and zhi phonetic.')