漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
党: party, faction
Also: clique
JLPT N210 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
兄 carries the meaning · 尚 gives the sound
10 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
トウtou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 党とうpolitical party
- 党員とういんparty member
- 党首とうしゅparty leader
- 党派とうはfaction
- 党大会とうたいかいparty convention
- 野党やとうopposition party
- 与党よとうparty in power
- 政党せいとうpolitical party
- 徒党ととうclique, faction, cabal
- 社会党しゃかいとうSocialist Party
- 共和党きょうわとうRepublican Party
- 民主党みんしゅとうDemocratic party
Also read なかま, むら, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)尚 (sound) + 黑 black (meaning)
Black; dark.
Source: Wiktionary, 黨 (rev. 90333629), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Stand tall on your own two feet! This radical represents the physical foundation of a person—their legs and their incredible ability to walk, stand firm, and move through the world.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
尚
Also built on esteem (尚)
The 尚 family reads ショウ (shou); 党 is read トウ.
兄
Also built on elder brother (兄)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side党 party · 兄
vs堂 public chamber · 土In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 黨 · dǎng
Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 党. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 黨.
- Simplified
- 党 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 黨 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin dǎng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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