national flag

On-Yomi: — Kun-Yomi: はた

Koohii stories:

1) [dingomick] 11-3-2007(201): The United Republic of Chess' national flag is actually a banner with a rook, that way they can hang it at every tournament.

2) [misha] 30-11-2007(61): The national flag of Croatia. It's a banner with the Croatian coat of arms, commonly referred to as the Chessboard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Croatia).

3) [akrodha] 4-6-2007(30): After 9-11, people sold national flags by the bushel-basket. And for every bushel-basket you buy, you get a free banner with some cheesy patriotic quote.

4) [johnskb] 11-5-2006(9): A poor, agrarian nation features on its NATIONAL FLAG a BUSHEL BASKET. The country is so poor, however, that the NATIONAL FLAG look more like a BANNER than a proper NATIONAL FLAG.

5) [Renaissance] 14-3-2010(6): The national flag of the land in Hale Nochi Guu, is actually a banner with Pokute on it. (primitive explanation http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/6628/pokute3vp.gif ).