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Kanji Detail for 党 - "party"

党

  • Meaning

    党 means "party." Also associated with village, concealment.

    1. Party - Group of comrades; allies with shared goals.

    2. Village - People living in the same community.

  • Words using 党

    • 与党 よとう Listen ruling party; government party; party in power
    • 政党 せいとう Listen political party
    • 新党 しんとう Listen new (political) party
    • 野党 やとう Listen opposition party; the opposition
    • 共産党 きょうさんとう Listen Communist Party
    • 社会党 しゃかいとう Listen Socialist Party
    • 自民党 じみんとう Listen Liberal Democratic Party; LDP
    • 両党 りょうとう Listen both (political) parties

  • Four-character idioms with 党

    • 不偏不党 ふへんふとう Listen impartiality; neutrality; independence
    • 一味徒党 いちみととう Listen whole party to a plot; whole gang; fellow conspirators
    • 一族郎党 いちぞくろうとう Listen one's family and followers; one's whole clan
    • 党利党略 とうりとうりゃく Listen party political interests; partisan politics
    • 党同伐異 とうどうばつい Listen narrow partisanship

  • Tattoo check: 党

    • Verified meaning: party
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あきら, とう)
    • Also carries these associations: village, concealment

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 党

    Given names 党(あきら)Listen

    Surnames 党(とう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    party; faction; clique

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    political party, gang, faction

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Dang

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    political party, gang, faction

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    In the Book of Tang, 党項 refers to today's Tangut people. | The vulgar writing of 黨 is 党.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    toh(トウ) トウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    mura(むら) むら

    nakama(なかま) なかま

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    儿 (ninnyo・hitoashi)

  • Related Keywords

    party village concealment comrades allies faction clique alliance association bloc coalition community gang hamlet neighborhood organization partisan political sect group

Sentences including 党

  • There have been many accessions to the party.

  • Does he have anything to do with the political party?

  • He severed himself from the party.

  • I have a sweet-tooth.

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