閥

clique; lineage; pedigree; faction; clan

14 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1072.

Readings

• バツ (on reading): 派閥 (はばつ) clique; 軍閥 (ぐんばつ) military clique

Components

• 門
• 伐
• ⺅ radical person, left-side form of 人
• 戈 radical halberd
• 門 radical gate

Words using 閥

• 派閥 (はばつ) clique
• 軍閥 (ぐんばつ) military clique
• 財閥 (ざいばつ) zaibatsu
• 閥 (ばつ) clique
• 門閥 (もんばつ) lineage

31 words in all.

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