9 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 6th grade
JLPT exam level N1

faction, group, party, clique, sect, school

On'yomi
  • clique ②(political) faction ③school ④sect

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

100.0%

Character Breakdown

faction, group, party
 (6th, N1)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
to branch
ハ ハイ
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
garment, clothes, dressing
イ ころも きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant

Common Words

splendid ②praiseworthy ③legal ④undeniable (e.g. crime)
clique ②(political) faction ③school ④sect
dispatch ②temporary employee (esp. from an agency)
seducer ②picking up women ③moderate party ④social story (in a newspaper, etc.)
school (e.g. of ikebana)
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References

Unicode hex code 6D3E
JIS X 0208 1-39-41
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2547
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3126
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 381
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 456
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 281
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 341
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 1855
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1999
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 293
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 812
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 516
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 17428
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 955
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 912
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 934
Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 857
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 1471
Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. 965
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 892
Crowley, D. The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power 286
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 1191
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1192
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1872
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3a6.21
Four corner code 3213.2
De Roo Code 365