旗
旗 — Flag
flag, banner, standard
On’yomiキ (ki)
Kun’yomiはた (hata)
Stroke order (14 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 旗
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 旗 | はた hata | flag; pataka (banner); banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia) |
| 国旗 | こっき kokki | national flag |
| 旗印 | はたじるし hatajirushi | design (on a banner); emblem (on a flag); insignia |
| 旗手 | きしゅ kishu | standard-bearer; flag-bearer |
| 旗揚げ | はたあげ hataage | raising an army; raising a banner; launching a new group |
| 赤旗 | あかはた akahata | red flag; Red Flag (Communist Party newspaper) |
Study notes
旗 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 14 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 4), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #1190 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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