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Kanji Detail for 派 - "faction, sect, branch"

派

  • Meaning

    派 means "faction, sect, branch."

    1. To branch - To divide; split off.

    2. Branch - Something divided from a source; tributary.

  • Words using 派

    • 派遣 はけん Listen dispatch; despatch; deployment
    • 派閥 はばつ Listen clique; faction
    • 立派 りっぱ Listen splendid; fine; handsome
    • 右派 うは Listen right wing
    • 左派 さは Listen left wing
    • 特派員 とくはいん Listen (special) correspondent (e.g. for a newspaper); representative; delegate
    • 党派 とうは Listen faction; party; clique
    • 派兵 はへい Listen dispatch of troops

  • Tattoo check: 派

    • Verified meaning: faction, sect, branch
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read みなまた)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 派

    Surnames 派(みなまた)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    faction; group; party; clique; sect; school

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    school of thought, sect, branch

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    used in 派司[pa1 si5]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    clique, faction, group, sect

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Water dividing into branches. | Branches of things are also called 派. As in school of thought (學派), political faction (黨派). | To assign is called 派. As in 派丁 (conscription), 派差 (assignment). | [Character explanation] The colloquial form 泒 is incorrect.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ha(ハ) ハ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    faction branch sect clique group school arm association bloc camp coalition divide division movement organization party split

Sentences including 派

  • It's a very good newspaper , isn't it?

  • She made a man of a boy.

  • She was well brought up by her parents.

  • We have a nice school library.

  • He has two beautiful boys.

  • It's magnificent.

  • Mr smith is a good teacher.

  • He is doing very well at school.

  • She was well brought up by her parents.

  • He succeeded in life fine.

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