Kanji
N1 9 strokes Grade 6 freq #164

faction, group, party, clique, sect

On'yomi (音読み)

Radical (部首)

water mizu

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

dispatch; despatch
clique; faction
splendid; fine
right wing
left wing
(special) correspondent (e.g. for a newspaper)
hard-liners; diehards
faction; party
showy; loud
dispatch of troops

Example sentences

The government dispatched missions abroad.

A few years ago it would have been inconceivable for Japan to send troops overseas.

Factional in-fighting threw a monkey wrench into the deliberations.

This office is divided up into camps.