Bhutanese national flag

E311765

flag of a country national flag

The Bhutanese national flag is a distinctive banner featuring a white dragon across diagonal yellow and orange fields, symbolizing the kingdom’s spiritual and temporal traditions.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Flag of Bhutan	3
flag of Bhutan	2
Bhutanese national flag canonical	1
royal standard of Bhutan	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2943342 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Bhutanese national flag
Context triple: [Dragon King, symbol, Bhutanese national flag]

A. Flag of Cambodia
The Flag of Cambodia features a depiction of Angkor Wat centered on a red stripe flanked by blue bands, symbolizing the nation’s heritage, bravery, and royalty.
B. Flag of Ceylon
The Flag of Ceylon was the national flag used by the British Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from independence in 1948 until the country became a republic in 1972.
C. Flag of Pakistan
The Flag of Pakistan is the national flag featuring a white star and crescent on a dark green field with a vertical white stripe, symbolizing the country's Islamic heritage and religious minorities.
D. Flag of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
The Flag of Azad Jammu and Kashmir is a green, white, and gold banner featuring horizontal stripes and a canton with a crescent and star, symbolizing the region’s Islamic heritage and its association with Pakistan.
E. Tino Rangatiratanga flag
The Tino Rangatiratanga flag is a prominent Māori sovereignty symbol representing Indigenous rights, identity, and self-determination in Aotearoa New Zealand.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Bhutanese national flag
Target entity description: The Bhutanese national flag is a distinctive banner featuring a white dragon across diagonal yellow and orange fields, symbolizing the kingdom’s spiritual and temporal traditions.

A. Flag of Cambodia
The Flag of Cambodia features a depiction of Angkor Wat centered on a red stripe flanked by blue bands, symbolizing the nation’s heritage, bravery, and royalty.
B. Flag of Ceylon
The Flag of Ceylon was the national flag used by the British Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from independence in 1948 until the country became a republic in 1972.
C. Flag of Pakistan
The Flag of Pakistan is the national flag featuring a white star and crescent on a dark green field with a vertical white stripe, symbolizing the country's Islamic heritage and religious minorities.
D. Flag of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
The Flag of Azad Jammu and Kashmir is a green, white, and gold banner featuring horizontal stripes and a canton with a crescent and star, symbolizing the region’s Islamic heritage and its association with Pakistan.
E. Tino Rangatiratanga flag
The Tino Rangatiratanga flag is a prominent Māori sovereignty symbol representing Indigenous rights, identity, and self-determination in Aotearoa New Zealand.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	flag of a country ⓘ national flag ⓘ
adopted	1969 ⓘ
border	none ⓘ
category	Flags of Asia ⓘ National symbols of Bhutan ⓘ
centralCharge	white dragon ⓘ
continentOfCountry	Asia ⓘ
country	Bhutan ⓘ
design	diagonally divided from the lower hoist-side corner ⓘ
dragonClawsHold	jewels ⓘ
dragonClawsNumberPerFoot	five ⓘ
dragonColor	white ⓘ
dragonFeetNumber	four ⓘ
dragonName	Druk ⓘ
dragonOrientation	facing away from the hoist ⓘ
dragonPosition	centered along the dividing line ⓘ
dragonSymbolizes	Bhutanese state ⓘ Drukpa lineage ⓘ linked to: Drukpa Kagyu Buddhism protection of the country ⓘ
dragonType	Chinese-style dragon ⓘ
earlierVersionIntroduced	1947 ⓘ
earlierVersionsExisted	yes ⓘ
fieldColor	orange ⓘ yellow ⓘ
inspiredBy	royal standard of Bhutan ⓘ linked to: Bhutanese national flag
jewelsSymbolize	wealth ⓘ
officialName	Flag of Bhutan ⓘ linked to: Bhutanese national flag
orangeColorSymbolizes	Buddhist spiritual heritage ⓘ spiritual tradition ⓘ
proportion	2:3 ⓘ
regionOfCountry	South Asia ⓘ
religionReferenced	Vajrayana Buddhism ⓘ linked to: Vajrayana
scriptOnFlag	none ⓘ
side	obverse and reverse identical ⓘ
symbolOf	Kingdom of Bhutan ⓘ linked to: Bhutan national identity of Bhutan ⓘ unity of spiritual and temporal power ⓘ
use	civil flag ⓘ state flag ⓘ war flag ⓘ
usedBy	citizens of Bhutan ⓘ government of Bhutan ⓘ linked to: Royal Government of Bhutan
whiteColorSymbolizes	purity ⓘ
yellowColorAssociatedWith	Druk Gyalpo ⓘ
yellowColorSymbolizes	civil tradition ⓘ secular authority ⓘ

How these facts were elicited