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幡
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pennant

HSK 10
Human →Relations
fān
マン、ハン、バン、ホン
はた
번
Phonosemantic compound. 巾 represents the meaning and 番 represents the sound.
Components
巾 towel+ 番 try =
幡 pennant
巾 Meaning component
jīn towel
kerchief
番 Phonetic component
fān try
to take turns
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Notes
Similar Characters
刷 brush帅 commander (simp)帥 commander (trad/jp)佩 wear at the waist币 coins (simp)布 cloth帆 sail希 hope帏 curtain that forms wall (simp)帐 screen (simp)帑 a treasury帔 a skirt帕 handkerchief帖 note帘 flag (simp)帙 cover帛 silks帜 pennant (simp)帧 scroll (simp)席 mat
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
幡
Regular
Modern
Chinese
幡 [fān]
banner
Japanese
幡 ばん 同音
noun Buddhism pataka (banner)
旗 、 幡 、 旌 (rare) はた 同音

noun

  1. flag
  2. Buddhism pataka (banner)
  3. banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
彼は旗を上下に動かした。
He moved the flags up and down.
Japanese Names
幡 はた
Hata surname
CHINESE WORDS (5)
幡然 [fān​rán] #46,556
suddenly and completely (realize, change one's strategy etc)
幡然改图 [fān​rán​gǎi​tú]
to change one's plan all of a sudden (idiom)
幡然改图 [fān​rán​gǎi​tú]
to change one's plan all of a sudden (idiom)
经幡 [jīng​fān]
Tibetan prayer flag
经幡 [jīng​fān]
Tibetan prayer flag
JAPANESE WORDS (21)
⭐ 旗 [はた] #6,073
flag
⭐ 八幡 [はちまん] #27,438
Hachiman (god of war)
⭐ 七夕 [たなばた] #27,837
Star Festival (held in July or August)
因幡 [いなば] #52,475
Inaba (former province located in the east of present-day Tottori Prefecture)
八幡宮 [はちまんぐう] #56,919
shrine dedicated to Hachiman
旌 [せい] #85,272
flag (esp. originally a flagpole-topping streamer made of feathers)
八幡大菩薩 [はちまんだいぼさつ] #106,885
Great Bodhisattva Hachiman (title of Hachiman due to Shinto-Buddhist syncretism)
南無八幡大菩薩 [なむはちまんだいぼさつ] #128,395
O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy!
八幡神 [はちまんじん] #134,245
Hachiman (god of war)
八幡船 [ばはんせん] #138,929
Japanese pirate ship (of the Middle Ages)
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