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Kanji Detail for 閥 - "clique, lineage"

閥

  • Meaning

    閥 means "clique, lineage." Also associated with merit.

    1. Clique - An exclusive group; a faction.

    2. Merit - Achievement; accomplishment.

    3. Lineage - Family background; pedigree.

  • Words using 閥

    • 派閥 はばつ Listen clique; faction
    • 財閥 ざいばつ Listen zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group

  • Tattoo check: 閥

    • Verified meaning: clique, lineage
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いさお, いさを)
    • Also carries these associations: merit

    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 閥

    Surnames 閥(いさお)Listen 閥(いさを)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    clique; lineage; pedigree; faction; clan

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    powerful and influential group

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    powerful individual, family or group; clique; (loanword) valve

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    clique, valve; a powerful and influential group

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

    閥閱. Writing merit records to post on the gate, like today's announcement boards. On the left it is called 閥, on the right it is called 閱. The Records of the Grand Historian says: "Clarifying ranks is called 閥. Accumulated days is called 閱." Therefore it is used as a term for family background.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    batsu(バツ) バツ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    門 (mon・mongamae・kadogamae)

  • Related Keywords

    clique merit lineage achievement pillar faction clan association cabal circle coterie elite exclusive group hierarchy kinship network organization pedigree society tribe

Sentences including 閥

  • The two factions gang up with each other.

  • This office is divided up into camps.

  • Factional in-fighting threw a monkey wrench into the deliberations.

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