# 党 political party

(mohawk) + 兄 (older brother)
★★☆☆☆
10 strokes
SUF

## Onyomi

TOU |

## Mnemonic

| My older brother formed the 'mohican party' , a motley coalition of punks whose slogan was 'Kick The Man with your steel-TOE!'

## Jukugo

自民党(じみんとう) | LDP ★★☆☆☆ 自 (my own) + 民 (folk) + 党 (political party) = 自民党 (LDP) the Liberal Democratic Party - the MacArthur and CIA-backed party which has remained almost constantly in control of Japan since the war, by using their secret stash of funds that Tojo stole from Asia. A lot of post-war LDP bigshots were war criminals. Take that, post-Nazi Germany!
共産党(きょうさんとう) | the Japanese Communist Party. ☆☆☆☆☆ 共 (with) + 産 (childbirth, production of things) + 党 (political party) = 共産党 (the Japanese Communist Party.) the Communist Party. Of course, they're not real communists, any more than the LDP are liberals. I have no idea what the fuck these guys believe in.
甘党(あまとう) | a sweet-tooth ☆☆☆☆☆ SARC 甘 (sweet) + 党 (political party) = 甘党 (a sweet-tooth) another fine example of Japanese-style sarcasm： あまとう (literally 'sweet party') means someone who loves eating candy. Actually, you can use the 党 for many jokes this way.

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
党 | political party | OLDER BROTHER | 兄
尚 | all the more | GOATEE |
堂 | assembly hall | GROUND | 土
常 | usual | DAGGER | 市

My OLDER BROTHER joined a political party.

Men with GOATEES are all the more macho.

The assembly hall is built on very dangerous GROUND,
so it's usual to bring a DAGGER inside.