派

派 U+6D3E, 派 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D3E ← 洽 [U+6D3D] CJK Unified Ideographs 洿 → [U+6D3F]

派 U+2F900, 派 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F900 ← 洖 [U+2F8FF] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 海 → [U+2F901]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 623, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17428
• Dae Jaweon: page 1019, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1611, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6D3E

• Unihan data for U+2F900

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		派

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 派
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (派) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
庍	*qʰɯns, *mpreːɡs
派	*m̥ʰreːɡs
脈	*mreːɡ
脉	*mreːɡ
衇	*mreːɡ
眽	*mreːɡ
覛	*mreːɡ, *meːɡ
霢	*mreːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *m̥ʰreːɡs) : semantic 水 (“water; river”) + phonetic 𠂢 ().

Etymology 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 派

1. tributary of a river
2. school of thought; sect; branch; camp

   本土派 [Cantonese]  ―  bun² tou² paai^3-1 [Jyutping]  ―  localist groups

3. style; air; manner
4. to send; to dispatch
5. to hand out; to distribute

   派畀人嘅嘢 [Cantonese]  ―  paai³ bei² jan⁴ ge³ je⁵ [Jyutping]  ―  things handed out to people

   派利是 [Cantonese]  ―  paai³ lai⁶ si⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  to hand out red packets

6. to apportion; to impose
7. to censure; to blame
8. Classifier for a scene, an atmosphere, a speech or a sound.
9. Classifier for factions, schools of thought, groups, etc.
10. (mathematics) pi (π); the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter
11. (loanword from English pie) pie

    蘋果派／苹果派  ―  píngguǒpài  ―  apple pie

Synonyms

• (tributary): 流派 (liúpài), 支流 (zhīliú)
• (to distribute):

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• 分
• 分發／分发 (fēnfā)
• 分給／分给 (fēngěi)
• 分配 (fēnpèi)
• 放
• 發／发

 

• (to send):

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• 使使 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 使蕩／使荡 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 差派 (Hokkien)
• 差遣 (chāiqiǎn)
• 打發／打发 (dǎfa)
• 派出 (pàichū)
• 派遣 (pàiqiǎn)
• 驅使／驱使 (qūshǐ) (literary)

 

• (to censure):

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• 僝僽 (chánzhòu) (literary)
• 叱罵／叱骂 (chìmà)
• 叱責／叱责 (chìzé)
• 吆喝 (colloquial)
• 呲 (cī)
• 呲兒／呲儿 (cīr)
• 呵叱 (hēchì)
• 呼喝 (hūhè) (literary)
• 呲打 (cīda) (Northeastern Mandarin)
• 呵斥 (hēchì)
• 呵責／呵责 (hēzé) (literary)
• 喝叱
• 嗔怪 (chēnguài) (literary)
• 嗔著／嗔着 (chēnzhe) (colloquial)
• 怒 (nù) (Classical Chinese)
• 怪 (guài)
• 怨怪 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 怪罪 (guàizuì)
• 批評／批评 (pīpíng)
• 指摘 (zhǐzhāi)
• 指斥 (zhǐchì)
• 指責／指责 (zhǐzé)
• 指點／指点 (zhǐdiǎn)
• 捋 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 摘 (literary, or in compounds)
• 撻伐／挞伐 (tàfá) (literary, figurative)
• 數落／数落 (shǔluo) (informal)
• 數說／数说 (shǔshuō)
• 斥斥 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 斥罵／斥骂 (chìmà)
• 斥責／斥责 (chìzé)
• 歸咎／归咎 (guījiù)
• 歸罪／归罪 (guīzuì)
• 激勵／激励 (jīlì) (literary)
• 熊 (xióng) (colloquial)
• 申斥 (shēnchì)
• 痛罵／痛骂 (tòngmà)
• 聲討／声讨 (shēngtǎo)
• 訓／训 (xùn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 訓斥／训斥 (xùnchì)
• 詬病／诟病 (gòubìng) (literary)
• 說／说
• 說話／说话 (shuōhuà)
• 謗議／谤议 (bàngyì) (literary)
• 譴責／谴责 (qiǎnzé)
• 責備／责备 (zébèi)
• 責怪／责怪 (zéguài)
• 責罵／责骂 (zémà)
• 責難／责难 (zénàn)
• 貶斥／贬斥 (biǎnchì) (literary)
• 貶責／贬责 (biǎnzé)
• 賴／赖 (lài)
• 非議／非议 (fēiyì)
• 非難／非难 (fēinàn)
• 體斥／体斥 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)

 

• (pi): 圓周率／圆周率 (yuánzhōulǜ)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pā, pài (pa¹, pai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄚ, ㄆㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pā
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pa
    • Wade–Giles: pʻa¹
    • Yale: pā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pa
    • Palladius: па (pa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pài
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pài
    • Wade–Giles: pʻai⁴
    • Yale: pài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pay
    • Palladius: пай (paj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: paa¹
    • Yale: pā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaː⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 派

1. Only used in 派司 (pāsi).

References

• “Entry #5183”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

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Japanese

Shinjitai	派
Kyūjitai	派

Kanji

派

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: へ (he)
• Kan-on: はい (hai)
• Kan’yō-on: は (ha, Jōyō)
• Kun: わかれる (wakareru, 派かれる)

Compounds

• 語(ご)派(は) (goha): language branch
• 宗(しゅう)派(は) (shūha): religious sect
• 流(りゅう)派(は) (ryūha): school of thought

Suffix

派(は) • (-ha) 

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

   猫(ねこ)派(は)

   neko-ha

   a cat person

   あなたはいぬ派(は)、それともねこ派(は)？

   Anata wa inu-ha, soretomo neko-ha?

   Do you prefer dogs or cats?

   (literally, “Are you on the dog-side/group or on the cat-side/group?”)

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 派 (MC pheaH). Recorded as Middle Korean 패 (phay) (Yale: phay) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource

派 (eumhun 물갈래 파 (mulgallae pa))

1. hanja form^? of 파 (“faction”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 유파 (流派, yupa)
• 파생 (派生, pasaeng)
• 종파 (宗派, jongpa)
• 파견 (派遣, pagyeon)
• 파병 (派兵, pabyeong)
• 좌파 (左派, jwapa)
• 우파 (右派, upa)
• 정파 (政派, jeongpa)
• 파벌 (派閥, pabeol)
• 급파 (急派, geup'pa)
• 강경파 (強硬派, ganggyeongpa)
• 온건파 (穩健派, on'geonpa)
• 특파원 (特派員, teukpawon)
• 파출부 (派出所, pachulbu)
• 보수파 (保守派, bosupa)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

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Vietnamese

Han character

派: Hán Nôm readings: phái, pháy, phai, phới, phe, phơi, vé

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References

• Nom Foundation