What is the Kanji for "Party" and "Faction"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Party" and "Faction", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Party" and "Faction" is "党".

This kanji has 1 reading:

Its onyomi reading is "Tou".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The component "龸" . And The kanji "兄" means "Older brother" and can be read as "Kei", "Kyou", "Ani", and "Nii".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "党" mean in japanese?

"党" means "Party" and "Faction".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Sixth Grade, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N2 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

党: "Party". The Japanese noun '党 (とう)' refers to a political party or organization. It is used to describe a group of people who share similar political beliefs and work together to achieve common goals. For example: The ruling party supports this policy - (与党はこの政策を支持している). The opposition party strongly criticizes the government - (野党は政府を強く批判している).

政党: "Party". The Japanese noun '政党 (せいとう)' means 'party' in the political sense. It refers to an organized group of people with common views and goals who compete in elections to gain political power and implement their policies. Political parties play a central role in the democratic process. For example: The Democratic Party is one of the major political parties in Japan - (民主党は日本の主要政党の一つです). The prime minister is the leader of the ruling party - (首相は与党の党首です).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "と" is read as "to". And The hiragana "う" is read as "u".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.