Entry
  1. Noun

    samurai who carries his general's banner while riding into battle

    Historical term

  2. small war flag attached to the back of one's armour during battle

    Historical termAbbreviationsee 旗指物

Also written 旗差【はたさし】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

flag, banner, standard

Kun
はた
On
Strokes
14
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1190 of 2500
Radical
square
WaniKani
Level 30

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-4-10SKIP code
4h10.1The Kanji Dictionary
0828.1Four corner code
461deroo
65d7Unicode hex code
1-20-90JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2093Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2402New Nelson (John Haig)
1047New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1321Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
716Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
958Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1764Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1901Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1174A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2093Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
601Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
13687Morohashi
451A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1006Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1043Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
371sakade
1401Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
474henshall3
615Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1528Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
962Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1780Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qi2Pinyin reading
giKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
30WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

finger, point to, indicate, put into, play (chess), measure (ruler)

Kun
ゆびさ.す-さ.し
On
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
155 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 11

Built from

Used in names as

いぶさしさす

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-3-6SKIP code
3c6.15The Kanji Dictionary
5206.1Four corner code
1378deroo
6307Unicode hex code
1-27-56JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1904Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2152New Nelson (John Haig)
378New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
452Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
278Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
337Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
659Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
711Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
241A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
800Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
729Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
12034Morohashi
289A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1041Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1082Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
226sakade
569Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
305henshall3
327Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
292crowley
775Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
888Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
666Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhi3, zhi1Pinyin reading
jiKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
11WaniKani level