Kanji N1

派: faction, group, party

派 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning faction, group, party, written with 9 strokes. It is read ハ (on), and has no common kun reading. Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 派遣 (はけん, dispatch) and 立派 (りっぱ, splendid).

派

Meanings

  • faction
  • group
  • party
  • clique
  • sect
  • school
Strokes9
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#164 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ハ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • None in common use

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 派

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 派遣はけん

    dispatch; despatch; deployment

    JLPT N1
  • 立派りっぱ

    splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing

    JLPT N5
  • 派手はで

    showy; loud; flashy; gaudy

    JLPT N2
  • 派は

    group; faction; clique; coterie

    JLPT N1
  • 特派とくは

    send specially; special envoy

    JLPT N1
  • 派閥はばつ

    clique; faction

  • 右派うは

    right wing

  • 左派さは

    left wing

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.