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Chinese symbol for “warlord”

军阀
jūn fá
Traditional: 軍閥
military clique; junta; warlord

The closest CC-CEDICT match for warlord is 军阀 (jūn fá), defined as: military clique; junta; warlord.

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Characters and stroke order

军 jūn
army, military; soldiers, troops
radical 14 ⼍ · 6 strokes
阀 fá
clique, valve; a powerful and influential group
radical 169 ⾨ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 军阀.

WordPinyinMeaning
军队 (軍隊)jūn duìarmed forces; troops; measure word: 支 (zhī)
军事 (軍事)jūn shìmilitary affairs; (attributive) military
冠军 (冠軍)guàn jūnchampion
将军 (將軍)jiāng jūngeneral; high-ranking military officer
海军 (海軍)hǎi jūnnavy
军人 (軍人)jūn rénserviceman; soldier
财阀 (財閥)cái fátycoon; magnate; powerful corporation; conglomerate
阀门 (閥門)fá ménvalve (mechanical)

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.