Read Edit View history Discussion 派 pàipā HSK3 school of thought, faction Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts the water (氵) in a river flowing into different branches (𠂢). The meaning later expanded to "faction", "school of thought", and "style". Pinyin Separate values with commas pài × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 氵 is a component form of 水. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 派 Simp strokes 派 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 派 Simp strokes 派 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 派 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 206, 763 ], [ 291, 719 ], [ 319, 683 ] ], [ [ 128, 571 ], [ 204, 520 ], [ 227, 492 ] ], [ [ 175, 126 ], [ 164, 167 ], [ 166, 209 ], [ 316, 447 ] ], [ [ 716, 766 ], [ 698, 771 ], [ 641, 768 ], [ 542, 693 ], [ 468, 654 ], [ 461, 659 ] ], [ [ 385, 663 ], [ 424, 630 ], [ 428, 609 ], [ 424, 425 ], [ 402, 295 ], [ 371, 212 ], [ 327, 143 ], [ 271, 84 ], [ 221, 49 ] ], [ [ 711, 646 ], [ 722, 610 ], [ 629, 542 ], [ 575, 509 ], [ 568, 511 ] ], [ [ 489, 524 ], [ 533, 488 ], [ 536, 472 ], [ 543, 343 ], [ 531, 135 ], [ 535, 106 ], [ 580, 116 ], [ 687, 194 ] ], [ [ 763, 509 ], 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