| 幡 | |||
| pennant, banner, streamer, flag | |||
| Radical | 巾 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 12 | Total Strokes | 15 |
| Mandarin reading | fān | Cantonese reading | faan1 |
| Japanese on reading | han hon | Japanese kun reading | hata |
| Korean reading | pen | Vietnamese reading | phan |
| Semantic Variant(s) | 旛 | ||
| 幡 | [ fān ] banner |
| 幡然 | [ fān rán ] suddenly and completely (realize, change one's strategy etc) |
| 幡然改圖 | [ fān rán gaǐ tú ] to change one's plan all of a sudden (idiom) |
| ⇒ 招魂幡 | [ zhaō hún fān ] flag to attract departed spirits |
| ⇒ 經幡 | [ jīng fān ] Tibetan prayer flag |