團

Descendants

 * (Japanese )

Glyph origin
.

Definitions

 * 1) sphere; ball; circle
 * 2) to roll (into a ball)
 * 3) mass; lump
 * 4) group; collective; panel; team; organization
 * 5) tour group arranged by travel agency
 * 6)  tightly; completely; as an inseparable collective suggestive of circles or tightly knit groups
 * 7)  regiment; corps
 * 8)  formation; troops; armed organization
 * 9)  clique
 * 1) group; collective; panel; team; organization
 * 2) tour group arranged by travel agency
 * 3)  tightly; completely; as an inseparable collective suggestive of circles or tightly knit groups
 * 4)  regiment; corps
 * 5)  formation; troops; armed organization
 * 6)  clique
 * 1)  tightly; completely; as an inseparable collective suggestive of circles or tightly knit groups
 * 2)  regiment; corps
 * 3)  formation; troops; armed organization
 * 4)  clique
 * 1)  regiment; corps
 * 2)  formation; troops; armed organization
 * 3)  clique
 * 1)  clique
 * 1)  clique
 * 1)  clique

Usage notes
Under the, a regiment of infantry was composed of three battalions and some miscellaneous companies. In turn, two regiments formed a brigade. Three regiments could be formed into a triangular division, where the brigade structure was absent, as a division ( / ).

Descendants
Others:

Kanji

 * 1) association

Etymology
From.

Han character

 * 1) group
 * 2) party
 * 3) corps