幡
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15 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names. Newspaper frequency rank 1948.
Readings
- マン (on reading): 八幡 (はちまん) Hachiman (god of war); 八幡宮 (はちまんぐう) shrine dedicated to Hachiman
- ハン (on reading): 幢幡 (どうばん) hanging-banner used as ornament in Buddhist temples; 黄幡 (おうばん) Ōban
- バン (on reading): 幡 (ばん) pataka (banner)
- ホン (on reading)
- はた (kun reading): 八幡大学 (やはただいがく) Yahata University
- Read as a whole word: 因幡の白兎 (いなばのしろうさぎ) White Hare of Inaba
Components
Words using 幡
- 八幡 (はちまん) Hachiman (god of war)
- 八幡宮 (はちまんぐう) shrine dedicated to Hachiman
- 八幡神 (はちまんじん) Hachiman (god of war)
- 八幡大菩薩 (はちまんだいぼさつ) Great Bodhisattva Hachiman (title of Hachiman due to Shinto-Buddhist syncretism)
- 弓矢八幡 (ゆみやはちまん) Hachiman, god of war and archery
- 因幡の白兎 (いなばのしろうさぎ) White Hare of Inaba
- 幢幡 (どうばん) hanging-banner used as ornament in Buddhist temples
- 黄幡 (おうばん) Ōban
- 八幡船 (ばはんせん) Japanese pirate ship (of the Middle Ages)
- 幡 (ばん) pataka (banner)
- 八幡大学 (やはただいがく) Yahata University
- 八幡の藪知らず (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)
- 八幡知らず (やわたしらず) labyrinth
16 words in all.