党 — party, faction, clique

とう党 party

Grade 6 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 10 strokes

U+515A Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #39 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #860 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

party
faction
clique

word

とう tou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

党(とう) tou political party 自(じ) 民(みん) 党(とう) jimintou Liberal Democratic Party 民(みん) 主(しゅ) 党(とう) minshutou Democratic Party 政(せい) 党(とう) seitou political party 共(きょう) 産(さん) 党(とう) kyousantou communist party 野(や) 党(とう) yatou opposition party 社(しゃ) 会(かい) 党(とう) shakaitou Socialist Party 公(こう) 明(めい) 党(とう) koumeitou Komeito (political party)

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

なお尚 esteem

あに兄 elder brother

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