JLPT N1 · 14 strokes
Kanji 閥: "clique, lineage, pedigree"
The kanji 閥 means "clique, lineage, pedigree, faction, clan". It is written with 14 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read バツ in on'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
バツ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
no recorded reading
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | clique, lineage, pedigree, faction, clan |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 14 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1072 of 2,501 |
Common words with 閥
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 派閥clique; faction
- 財閥zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group · rich person
- 派閥争いfactional dispute; factional strife; rivalry between factions
- 軍閥military clique; military party
- 閥clique; clan; faction
- 門閥lineage; pedigree; good family
- 学閥alma mater clique; old school tie
- 派閥抗争factional infighting (conflict); antagonism between factions
- 藩閥clanship; clannism; clan favoritism; clan favouritism
- 閨閥clan
- 閥族clan; clique
- 財閥解体dissolution of the zaibatsu (during the US occupation of Japan)
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