Amazing Chinese Characters (717) Flag - 旗

The big seal script of character Flag is

The left is a flagpole, on the top of the flagpole is the flag. Under the flag, it is character 其, which means the bamboo container. I guess, in ancient time, the headquarter has a big flagpole with big flag, and a big bamboo container for holding weapons such as arrows. 

The small seal script of character Flag is

The left flagpole is disconnected from the flag on the top. The left flagpole becomes character Square - 方, and the flag becomes character People - 人 but not mean People. The reason why they changed like that is unknown, definitely not related to pictography of the character. Under the 人 (flag) are character 其, bamboo container.

The clerical script of character Troops is

The left is radical Square - 方, the top right is modified 人, the bottom right is character 其.

The pinyin of the character Troops is Qi2.