党
党 — Party
party, faction, clique
On’yomiトウ (tou)
Kun’yomiなかま (nakama)
Kun’yomiむら (mura)
Stroke order (10 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 党
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 共産党 | きょうさんとう kyousantou | Communist Party |
| 社会党 | しゃかいとう shakaitou | Socialist Party |
| 新党 | しんとう shintou | new (political) party |
| 政党 | せいとう seitou | political party |
| 野党 | やとう yatou | opposition party; the opposition |
| 与党 | よとう yotou | ruling party; government party; party in power |
Study notes
党 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 6), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #39 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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