Usage of the character 幡
fān
幡
[幡]
- banner
jīngfān
经幡
[經幡]
- Tibetan prayer flag
fānrán
幡然
[幡然]
- suddenly and completely (realize, change one's strategy etc)
zhāohúnfān
招魂幡
[招魂幡]
- flag to attract departed spirits
fānrángǎitú
幡然改图
[幡然改圖]
- to change one's plan all of a sudden (idiom)
yángfān-zhāohún
扬幡招魂
[揚幡招魂]
- lit. to raise a banner to summon the soul of a dying person (idiom)
- fig. to try to revive what is obsolete or dead