鸽派
gē​pài

doves

鸽 gē pigeon Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 合 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鴿.

Components

鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird
合
合 Sound component
hé to join

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

派 pài school of thought, faction

Depicts the water (氵) in a river flowing into different branches (𠂢). The meaning later expanded to "faction", "school of thought", and "style".

Components

氵
氵 Iconic component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

𠂢
𠂢 SoundIconic component
pài river branching

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

蒎

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangm̥ʰreːɡs
Unicodepɛ̀i

說文解字

《說文》：“派，別水也。从水，从，亦聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

鴿 gē pigeon Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 合 represents the sound.

Components

鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird
合
合 Sound component
hé to join

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkop[k]ˤ[ə]p (no pre-Qín exx.)dove [not in GSR]
Zhengzhangkuːb

說文解字

鳩屬。从鳥合聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)