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clique
Stroke count: 14

Readings

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JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8

Meanings

  1. cliqueRtK
  2. lineage
  3. pedigree
  4. faction
    ２つの派閥が手をむすんだ。The two factions gang up with each other.tatoeba
  5. clan

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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gates · fell · person (人) · fiesta

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1746

Compound words

財閥ざいばつ
zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group; rich person
派閥はばつ
clique; faction
学閥がくばつ
alma mater clique
軍閥ぐんばつ
military clique
党閥とうばつ
party faction
閥族ばつぞく
clan
藩閥はんばつ
clanship
門閥もんばつ
lineage
閨閥けいばつ
clan
薩摩閥さつまばつ
Satsuma clan
浙江財閥せっこうざいばつ
Zhejiang financial clique
閨閥政治けいばつせいじ
government by relatives of ruler's wife

Additional Examples

派閥内の抗争が審議に支障をきたしました。
Factional in-fighting threw a monkey wrench into the deliberations.tatoeba
この会社には派閥があります。
This office is divided up into camps.tatoeba

Stroke Order

14 strokes

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