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阀

fá

Character Traditional 閥

What 阀 means

1. powerful individual, family or group
2. clique
3. loanwordvalve

Words starting with 阀

• 阀门fá ménvalve (mechanical)
• 阀芯fá xīnvalve stem

Words containing 阀

• 军阀jūn fámilitary clique; junta; warlord
• 北洋军阀Běi yáng Jūn fáthe Northern Warlords (1912-1927)
• 底阀dǐ fábottom valve; foot valve
• 汽阀qì fásteam valve
• 球阀qiú fáball valve
• 角阀jiǎo fáangle valve
• 财阀cái fátycoon; magnate; powerful corporation; conglomerate
• 门阀mén fárich and powerful family
• 顶阀dǐng fátop valve; head valve
• 吸入阀xī rù fásuction valve
• 安全阀ān quán fásafety valve
• 节流阀jié liú fáa throttle
• 奉系军阀Fèng xì jūn fáFengtian clique (of northern warlords)
• 直系军阀Zhí xì jūn fáthe Zhili faction of the Northern Warlords
• 军阀混战jūn fá hùn zhànincessant fighting between warlords
• 筒阀tǒng fáa sleeve valve
• 桂系军阀Guì xì jūn fáGuangxi warlord faction, from 1911-1930
• 闸阀zhá fágate valve; sluice valve
• 皖系军阀Wǎn xì jūn fáAnhui faction of Northern Warlords 1911-c.1929

Characters that look like 阀

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 捐juānto relinquish; to abandon; to contribute; to donate; (bound form) tax; levy
• 振zhènto shake; to flap; to vibrate
• 闹nàonoisy; cacophonous; to make noise
• 娟juānbeautiful; graceful
• 凋diāowithered
• 绢juànthin, tough silk fabric

Sounds the same

Read fá, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 罚to punish; to penalize; to fine
• 乏short of; tired
• 伐to cut down; to fell; to dispatch an expedition against
• 筏raft (of logs)
• 垡to turn the soil; upturned soil; (used in place names)
• 橃large boat; old variant of 筏
• 茷denseness of grass-foliage