| 371 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 474 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 451 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1174 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2093 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 601 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1401 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2093 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1006 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1043 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1528 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 962 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1321 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 716 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 958 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1780 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13687 | Morohashi |
| 1047 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2402 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1764 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1901 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 615 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1190 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 旗手 【キシュ】 standard-bearer, flag-bearer
- 旗色 【ハタイロ】 situation, outlook, one's allegiance, affiliation, position
- 日章旗 【ニッショウキ】 the Japanese (rising sun) flag
- 校旗 【コウキ】 school flag
Kun reading compounds
- 旗 【はた】 flag, pataka (banner), banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
- 旗揚げ 【はたあげ】 raising an army, raising a banner, launching a new group, launching a business, launching a new party
- 白旗 【しらはた】 white flag, truce flag, surrender flag
- 大会旗 【たいかいはた】 tournament flag
Readings
- Korean:
- gi
Spanish
- bandera nacional
- estandarte
- bandera
Portuguese
- bandeira nacional
- bandeira
- padrão
French
- drapeau
- bannière
- étendard
| 461 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4h10.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-10 | SKIP code |
| 0828.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-90 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 65d7 | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2416 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 竿 【カン】 counter for poles, rods, etc.
- 竿頭 【カントウ】 top of a pole
- 一竿 【イッカン】 one pole (esp. used for fishing poles), one rod
- 三竿 【サンカン】 broad daylight
Kun reading compounds
- 竿 【さお】 rod, pole, neck (of a shamisen, etc.), shamisen, beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance), single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese), penis, counter for flags (on poles), counter for long, thin Japanese sweets (e.g. yōkan)
- 竿姉妹 【さおしまい】 women who have had sex with the same man, pole sisters
- 殻竿 【からざお】 flail (for threshing grain)
Readings
- Korean:
- gan
Spanish
- palo
- barra
- vara
- caña
Portuguese
French
| 3369 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 3259 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2288 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 25854 | Morohashi |
| 4250 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2632 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2676 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 6f3.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-3 | SKIP code |
| 8840.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-40 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7aff | Unicode hex code |