閥
閥 — Clique
clique, lineage, pedigree, faction, clan
On’yomiバツ (batsu)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (14 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 閥
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 派閥 | はばつ habatsu | clique; faction |
| 財閥 | ざいばつ zaibatsu | zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group |
| 閥 | ばつ batsu | clique; clan; faction |
| 学閥 | がくばつ gakubatsu | alma mater clique; old school tie |
Study notes
閥 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 14 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1072 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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