黨	370C40   22.63	部居	畫數  20	ㄉㄤˇ [dang3] . [Pop. 党]
N	(1)  Political party, clique, coterie: 政黨 political party; 以黨治國 rule by political party; 革命黨，國民黨 revolutionary party, the Kuomintang; 朋黨，朋黨之爭 political cliques in Hahn and Suhng Dyns.; 黨爭 political fights, see 黨錮 [dang3gu4]↓. (2)  Relatives: 父黨，母黨 (AC) father’s, mother's relatives. (3)  A surname.
V	To band together, shield: 黨同伐異 have sectional, sectarian, controversies.
Words	1.黨綱 [dang3gang1], n., party program, organization or discipline.  2.黨錮 [dang3gu4], n., bitter party fights, esp. Hahn Dyn.  3.黨籍 [dang3ji2], n., party membership.  4.黨魁 [dang3kui2], n., party leader, bandit chief.  5.黨派 [dang3pai4], n., parties or cliques.  6.黨人 [dang3ren2], n., member of political party, partisan.  7.黨員 [dang3yUan2], n., party member.  8.黨羽 [dang2yU3], n., underlings; members of thieves’ gangs.