Depicts the water (氵) in a river flowing into different branches (𠂢). The meaning later expanded to "faction", "school of thought", and "style".
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Historical Evolution
派
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
派
Regular
Modern
Chinese
派 [pài]
clique; school; group; faction; to dispatch; to send; to assign; to appoint; pi (Greek letter Ππ); the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926; (loanword) pie
Japanese
noun
- group; faction; clique; coterie
- (political) faction; wing; camp
- school (of thought, painting, etc.)
- sect; denomination
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
派 みなまた
Minamata surname
CHINESE WORDS (200)
派对 [pàiduì] #741
party (loanword)
派对 [pàiduì] #741
party (loanword)
派出所 [pàichūsuǒ] #31,243
local police station
派出 [pàichū] #7,409
to send
帮派 [bāngpài] #3,752
gang
帮派 [bāngpài] #3,752
gang
派遣 [pàiqiǎn] #10,314
to send (on a mission)
特派 [tèpài] #25,693
special appointment
指派 [zhǐpài] #7,877
to assign
反动派 [fǎndòngpài] #61,823
reactionaries
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 立派 [りっぱ] #1,126
splendid
⭐ 派手 [はで] #2,095
showy
⭐ 派遣 [はけん] #4,351
dispatch
⭐ 派閥 [はばつ] #9,516
clique
⭐ 一派 [いっぱ] #15,309
one school
ご立派 [ごりっぱ] #17,576
splendid
⭐ 派生 [はせい] #20,009
derivation
⭐ 流派 [りゅうは] #20,342
school (of painting, ikebana, etc.)
少数派 [しょうすうは] #23,058
minority group (party)
反対派 [はんたいは] #26,723
opposition faction
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