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幟 = 巾 + 戠
幟 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “pennant”. It is built from 巾 (towel) and 戠 (kazoo). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2340.
- Keyword
- pennant
- RTK frame
- 2340
- Strokes
- 15
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- シ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- のぼり
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- flag, вымпел
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 幟 flag
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 幟 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “towel” + “kazoo”. 幟 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 幟 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.