powerful individual, family or group; clique

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Character data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 2671st character
Radical ⾨ (169.6)
Strokes 9
Index # 1638
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

阀 fá
  1. 1. powerful individual, family or group
  2. 2. clique
  3. 3. (loanword) valve

Stroke order

阀 stroke order diagram
阀 stroke order animation

Words containing 阀

Word Meaning
valve (mechanical)
warlord; military clique; junta
safety valve
a throttle
plutocracy
the Northern Warlords (1912-1927)
suction valve
Fengtian clique (of northern warlords)
foot valve; bottom valve
Guangxi warlord faction, from 1911-1930
steam valve
Anhui faction of Northern Warlords 1911-c.1929
the Zhili faction of the Northern Warlords
a sleeve valve
incessant fighting between warlords
rich and powerful family
valve stem
top valve; head valve
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