派
pài
(literary) tributary; branch of a river
clique; school; group; faction; (bound form) style; manner; to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb); classifier for factions, groups etc; (preceded by 一[yi1]) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc; (loanword) pi (Greek letter Π, π); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159...; (loanword) pie
water (氵) + clan (氏) = branch, faction, or tributary
氏 mainly gives the sound pài; the water radical anchors the original meaning of a river branching off into tributaries. From that image of flowing water splitting into streams, 派 extended naturally to factions, schools of thought, and dispatching people along different paths.
老师派我去图书馆借书。
lǎo shī pài wǒ qù tú shū guǎn jiè shū。
The teacher sent me to the library to borrow books.
公司派他到外地处理这件事。
gōng sī pài tā dào wài dì chǔ lǐ zhè jiàn shì。
The company dispatched him to another place to handle this matter.
Words with 派
差派
chāi pài
to dispatch
造反派
zào fǎn pài
rebel faction
逊尼派
xùn ní pài
Sunni sect (of Islam)
选派
xuǎn pài
to select
酷派
kù pài
Coolpad Group Ltd, Chinese company
门派
mén pài
sect
雅各宾派
yǎ gè bīn pài
Jacobin club, French revolutionary party that played a leading role in the reign of terror 1791-1794
杂交派对
zá jiāo pài duì
sex party
灵恩派
líng ēn pài
Charismatic Movement
颓废派
tuí fèi pài
decadents (of the Decadent movement of late 19th century Europe)
鹰派
yīng pài
hawk faction (opposite: 鴿派|鸽派[ge1 pai4], doves)
马龙派
mǎ lóng pài
Maronite Church; Maronites