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Reading

Kana: バツ
Romaji: batsu
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

clique, lineage, pedigree, faction, clan

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  14
Radical Number:  169
Frequency:  1072
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  3-8-6
Korean Reading:  beol
Chinese Reading:  fa2
Unicode:  95a5
JIS:  4836

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3325
Nelson Index: 4954
New Nelson Index: 6398
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 8e6.2
Four Corner Index: 7725.3
Guide to Remembering Index: 1710
Gakken Index: 1457
Daikanwanjiten Index: 41308
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.0740
Remembering the kanji Index: 1619
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1863
Kodansha Compact Index: 1845
Kanji in Context Index: 1192
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 2096
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2839
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1633
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1746
Essential Kanji Index: 1375
Kodansha Kanji Index: 4126
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3859
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1739

Words

(ばつ)
clique; clan; faction
派閥 (はばつ)
clique; faction
門閥 (もんばつ)
lineage; pedigree; good family
学閥 (がくばつ)
alma mater clique; old school tie
閨閥 (けいばつ)
clan
財閥 (ざいばつ)
zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group
軍閥 (ぐんばつ)
military clique or party
藩閥 (はんばつ)
clanship; clannism; clan favoritism; clan favouritism
派閥政治 (はばつせいじ)
faction-based politics
無派閥 (むはばつ)
belonging to no (political) faction
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