General term for a flag or banner, used in everyday contexts.
校庭に旗が掲げられている。
A flag is hoisted in the schoolyard.
応援団が大きな旗を振った。
The cheering squad waved a large flag.
pataka; Buddhist banner
Only when written 幡
A Buddhist ritual banner; the kanji 幡 is specifically used for this meaning. Also read ばん in some contexts.
See also: 幡 (ばん)
寺の本堂には色とりどりの幡が飾られていた。
Colorful Buddhist banners were displayed in the temple's main hall.
banner (Inner Mongolian administrative division)
Only when written 旗
A historical administrative division in Inner Mongolia, equivalent to a county. Used only with the kanji 旗.
内モンゴルには「旗」と呼ばれる行政区画がある。
In Inner Mongolia, there are administrative divisions called 'banners'.
They hoisted the national flag at the entrance to the venue.
When the match ended, the staff lowered the flag.
A large flag is fluttering in the wind on the rooftop.
旗 is the general word for any flag, while 赤旗 specifies one that is red, often used as a warning or political symbol.
banner emblem; flag insignia; design on a banner · slogan; cause; banner (figurative)
flagpole; flagstaff · rock cress; arabis (plant)
situation; outlook; how things are going · allegiance; affiliation; which side one is on
headquarters (on the battlefield) · direct retainer of a shogun; hatamoto
(one) flag
small flag; pennant
flag; banner
semaphore flag; hand flag
banner-bearing samurai · small back-flag
national holiday
leader; boss; head of a faction · top part of a flag; flag head · festival banner pole (Okinawa)
flag outside an izakaya
tournament flag