READING  バツ
MEANING  clique
JLPT level N1 (full info & stroke order)
 
Words/compounds
はばつ
clique, faction
 
Example sentences
派閥
派閥内の抗争が審議に支障をきたしました。
Factional in-fighting threw a monkey wrench into the deliberations.
 
Lookalikes
 
バツ 
fell