Chinese symbol for “doves”

主和派

zhǔ hé pài

the peace faction; doves

The closest CC-CEDICT match for doves is 主和派 (zhǔ hé pài), defined as: the peace faction; doves.

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Characters and stroke order

主 zhǔ

to own; to host; master; host; lord

radical 3 ⼂ · 5 strokes

和 hé

harmony, peace; calm, peaceful

radical 30 ⼝ · 8 strokes

派 pài

clique, faction, group, sect

radical 85 ⽔ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 主和派.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
主要	zhǔ yào	main; principal; major; primary
民主	mín zhǔ	democracy; democratic
主席	zhǔ xí	chairperson; premier
主任	zhǔ rèn	director; head
主题 (主題)	zhǔ tí	theme; subject
主张 (主張)	zhǔ zhāng	to advocate; to stand for
和平	hé píng	peace; peaceful
共和国 (共和國)	gòng hé guó	republic
派出	pài chū	to send; to dispatch

See also: Japanese symbol for “doves”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.