What does kanji 幡 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 幡 is flag.

How is kanji 幡 read?

The kunyomi readings for kanji 幡 are はた; the onyomi readings are ハン, バン, ホン, マン.

What words use kanji 幡?

Example words that use kanji 幡 include 幡, 棚幡, 八幡, 因幡.

JinmeiyōPre-Level 1

幡

Meaning

Kanji 幡

flag

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: はた
Onyomi 音読み: ハンバンホンマン
Nanori 名乗り: はわた

Jōyō: -
JLPT: -
Frequency: #1948
Strokes: 15
Radical: -
Components: -
Kanji Kentei: Pre-Level 1
Similar Kanji: 審 • 播 • 蕃 • 番 • 翻 • 潘 • 鄱

Related vocabulary

Showing 17 common entries

Showing 17 of 20 entries that include this kanji.

幡

はた

banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)

棚幡

たなばた

Star Festival (held in July or August)

八幡

はちまん

Hachiman (God of War)

因幡

いなば

Inaba (former province located in the east of present-day Tottori Prefecture)

黄幡

おうばん

Ōban

弓矢八幡

ゆみやはちまん

god of war

南無八幡

なむはちまん

O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy

幢幡

どうばん

hanging-banner used as ornament in Buddhist temples

八幡宮

はちまんぐう

Shrine of the God of War

因幡の白兎

いなばのしろうさぎ

Hare of Inaba (Japanese myth)

南無八幡大菩薩

なむはちまんだいぼさつ

O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy!

八幡の不知藪

やわたのやぶしらず

Yawata no Yabushirazu (bamboo grove in Chiba; impossible to find one's way out of according to popular legend)

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Example sentences

5 reference sentences

風で幡がひるがえった。

The flag fluttered in the wind.

町の広場に大きな幡が立っていた。

There was a big flag standing in the town square.

幡をひっくりかえしてしまった。

I flipped the flag over.

彼は戦争の象徴として幡を掲げた。

He raised the flag as a symbol of war.

広場には幡がたくさん飾られていた。

Many flags were displayed in the square.