旗印

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 旗印 is read as はたじるし and is a noun for a flag serving as a group’s emblem or for a cause or banner adopted as a guiding aim.
• Basic usage: Advancing toward a flag appears in 旗印を目指して進む, while adopting reform as a banner appears in 改革を旗印とする.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A physical emblem or a figurative cause
  • The surrounding words show whether it is an actual identifying flag or a goal promoted by a plan or movement.
• Difference from 旗
  • Unlike the broad word for a flag as an object, this term emphasizes its function as an identifying emblem or guiding cause.