派

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 水 + phonetic 𠂢.

Note the composition detail that the left vertical stroke curves to the left, while the middle vertical stroke is perfectly vertical.

Han character

派 (radical 85 水+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水竹竹女 (EHHV), four-corner 3213₂)

1. school of thought, sect, branch

References

• KangXi: page 623, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17428
• Dae Jaweon: page 1019, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1611, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6D3E

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Cantonese

Hanzi

派 (Yale paai1, paai3)

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Japanese

Kanji

派 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: は (ha)
• Kun: わかれる (wakareru)

Compounds

• 宗派 (しゅうは, shūha, “religious sect”)
• 流派 (りゅうは, ryūha, “school of thought”)

Suffix

派 (hiragana は, romaji -ha)

1. group, faction, (political) wing, school

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Korean

Hanja

派 (hangeul 파, revised pa, McCune-Reischauer p'a, Yale pha)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

派 (pinyin bài (bai4), mài (mai4), pā (pa1), pài (pai4), Wade-Giles pai⁴, mai⁴, p'a¹, p'ai⁴)

Noun

派 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin pài)

1. (mathematics) pi (π); the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter

Synonyms

圓周率, 圆周率

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Vietnamese

Han character

派 (phái, pháy, phai, phới, phe, phơi, vé)