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JLPT N1 · 14 strokes

The kanji 閥 — “faction, clique”

閥 means faction, clique and is a JLPT N1 kanji. It has 14 strokes and uses the gate/door radical (門).

Stroke order · 14 strokes

On'yomi (音読み): バツ
Kun'yomi (訓読み): —
Radical: 門 · gate/door
Strokes: 14

How to remember 閥

One's own force inside the gate (門) — a clique. 派閥 means a political faction; 財閥 is the zaibatsu — like Mitsubishi and Mitsui!

Example words with 閥

On'yomi readings

派閥はばつfaction, clique
財閥ざいばつzaibatsu, industrial conglomerate

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