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/Charges, ordinaries

Charges, Fixed

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//Pale

Pale

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Note: Because of the fundamental ambiguity of ordinaries as both charges and divisions of the field, the pale as such is treated as a division of the field above (see #Divisions of the field > #Triband, vertical (Tierced in pale)), while here the diminutives of the pale are treated as charges.

Pallet

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Endorse

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Pales retraits as pallets or endorses

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//Fess

Fess

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//Bar

Bars

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Note: See #Bar above for heraldic bar.

See also #Bicolor equal height horizontal triband and #Unequal height horizontal triband

Bar gemel
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Vertical bar gemel*
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*Term introduced here. See also #Bar gemel.

Dual bars*
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*Term introduced here. See also #Bar gemel.
See also #Pentaband and more

Vertical dual bars*
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*Term introduced here. See also #Bar gemel.

///Tierce

Tierce and adjacent
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See also #Bar gemel

Other bar divided and parted
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//Bend

Bend

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For flags with diagonally bisected fields (bicolor fields divided diagonally), see #Divisions of the field > #Diagonal (Per bend), above

Bend dexter

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Bend dexter (West-East diagonal, Reduced bend)
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Bend dexter (West-South diagonal)
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Bend dexter (North-East diagonal)
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Bend dexter (North-South diagonal, Enhanced bend)
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Bend sinister

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Bend sinister (East-West diagonal, Reduced bend sinister)
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Bend sinister (West-North diagonal)
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Bend sinister (South-East diagonal)
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Bend sinister (South-North diagonal, Enhanced bend sinister)
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//Cross

Cross

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Symmetric cross

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See also: Flags based on British ensigns

 See also categories: Flags with crosses (symmetric) and Flags with saints' crosses.
Symmetric cross couped
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Symmetric + Saltire
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See also #Saltire below

Offset cross (Nordic / Latin)

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See also #Overall Shape of the Flag (Nonrectangular variants), below, for swallowtail variants.
For a fuller list see Nordic cross flag

Offset cross enhanced
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Offset cross abased
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Nordic/Offset cross + Saltire
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///Saltire

Saltire

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See also Category:Flags with saltires and w:Category:Saltire flags and #Symmetric + Saltire (above)

////Saltorel

Saltorel
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For other flags with equal-armed saltorels, see #Flanchis above.

////Celtic cross

Celtic cross

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See also c:Gallery of flags by design II: Mobile charges#Celtic cross

//Canton

Canton

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Canton with plain field

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Canton with plain field, charged
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See also Gallery of flags with cantons and Flags based on British ensigns

Canton with horizontal biband field

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Canton with horizontal triband field

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Canton with horizontal quadriband field

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Canton with striped field

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Canton with cross spanning field

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 See also categories: Ensigns with the cross of Saint George and SVG civil air ensigns.

Canton with quartered field

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See also #Divisions of the field > #Quartered (Party per cross)

Canton with other field

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Canton square in shape

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Canton not affixed to corner

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For a breakdown of cantons by national flag, see Gallery of flags with cantons and Flags based on British ensigns

 See also categories: Flags with cantons and Union Jack cantons.

//Esquarre

Esquarre

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//Chief

Chief

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//Base/Champagne

Base (Terrace in base or Champagne)

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//Side

Side

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Hoist-ward side* (Side dexter, adextré, adiestrado)

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Hoist-ward side with plain field
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Hoist-ward side with biband field
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Hoist-ward side with biband field, or side with champagne
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Hoist-ward side with triband field
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Hoist-ward side with stripes
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Hoist-ward side, divided or varied
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See also #Divisions of the field > #Tripart (aka 'Tribar', coupé mi-parti) above.
*Term introduced here, as flags are typically double-sided and mobile rather than fixed (equivalent heraldic terms in parentheses). Hoist is at left unless otherwise noted.

///Side sinister

Fly-ward side* (Side sinister, senestré, siniestrado)

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*Term introduced here, as flags are typically double-sided and mobile rather than fixed (equivalent heraldic terms in parentheses). Fly is at right unless otherwise noted.

//Bordure

Bordure

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Pennant with bordure

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Three-sided border

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///Orle

Orle or Tressure

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Bordure + orle

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//Pile

Pile

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Pile at hoist with plain field (Party per chevron)

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Pile at hoist with biband field (Party per pall)

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Pile at hoist with triband field

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Pile at hoist with equal height triband field
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Pile at hoist with bicolor equal height triband field
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Pile at hoist with tricolor equal height triband field
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See also #Triband, horizontal (Tierced in fess) > #Equal height horizontal triband

Triangle at hoist with unequal height triband field
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See also #Unequal height horizontal triband

Pile at hoist with multiband field

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Pile at hoist with striped field

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Other pile

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Pile throughout

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Pile throughout, horizontal
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Pile throughout, vertical
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Pile throughout, diagonal
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NB: these examples resemble the heraldic piles in point, and are often classed as rays.

//Esquire

Esquire or Triangular panel

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See heraldic 'esquire'
See also #Charges > #Gusset, #Chevron and #Concave kite ('arrowhead', 'dart', 'V') below.

//Chevron

Chevron

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See also #Charges > #Shapes > #Triangle and #Variations of the field > #Chevronny and #Pile throughout

///Couple close

Couple-close as fimbriation

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Couple-close as charge

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//Concave Kite

Concave kite ('arrowhead', 'dart', 'V')

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Note: This is not a traditional heraldic ordinary, but is particular to vexillography. In many cases, it can also be thought of as the superimposition of a wedge upon a pile, or alternately blazoned as a double party per chevron type division of the field. It shares that with the chevron, so it is placed here.
See also #Maltese cross / St. John's Cross and Gallery of flags by design, Annex: Figurative-realistic charges > #Arrowhead
See also Concave kite as mobile charge

 See also category: Flags with concave kites.

Triangular pennant with concave kite ('arrowhead', 'dart', 'V')

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Other shapes as fixed charges (or divisions of the field)

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Irregular quadrilateral

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Trapezoid

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Pentagonal fixed charge (variant of Party per chevron or per pall)

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See also #Charges > #Pall

Hexagonal fixed charge

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Note: these shapes, with the exception of the pentagon as a divsion of the field, are not traditional heraldic ordinaries

//Pall

Pall

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See also #Forked cross

///Shakefork

Shakefork adjacent

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///Pall adjacent

Pall adjacent

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//Gusset

Gusset

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 See also category: Flags with gussets.

Gusset adjacent

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//Tau

Tau (t-shape)*

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*Term introduced here for field-spanning charge resembling a simple tau or Saint Anthony's cross, often appearing to represent the letter tau or 't'. In French heraldry, the flag of Tarn would likely be blazoned 'chef-pal', or 'chief-pale', the others possibly 'flanc-fasce', or 'side-fess'.
See also #Tau cross

//Fret

Fret

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See also #Cross parted and fretted

Note: for Label and Flaunches, see Gallery of flags by design II > #Mobile charges > #Heraldry-derived charges > #Label and #Flaunches

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