派 – faction, group, party

9 strokesTaught in grade 6#164 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 派 means faction, group, party, clique, sect, school. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ハ (ha). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ハ	ha

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 斤・汁・厂.

Words using 派

派手はでshowy派はgroup派遣はけんdispatch特派とくはsend specially

Example sentences

このネクタイは派手すぎますよ。

I'm afraid this tie is too loud.

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私はネコ派です。

I am a cat person.

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彼は福田派に属していました。

He once belonged to the Fukuda faction.

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Kanji with the same radical

決法治済活海求水減演流沢消準渡深

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