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Chinese symbol for “leftist”

左派
zuǒ pài
(political) left; left wing; leftist

The closest CC-CEDICT match for leftist is 左派 (zuǒ pài), defined as: (political) left; left wing; leftist.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

左 zuǒ
left; unorthodox, improper
radical 48 ⼯ · 5 strokes
派 pài
clique, faction, group, sect
radical 85 ⽔ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 左派.

WordPinyinMeaning
左右zuǒ yòuleft and right; nearby
左翼zuǒ yìleft-wing (political)
左边 (左邊)zuǒ bianleft; the left side
左手zuǒ shǒuleft hand; left-hand side
左侧 (左側)zuǒ cèleft side
派出pài chūto send; to dispatch
派遣pài qiǎnto send (on a mission); to dispatch
党派 (黨派)dǎng pàipolitical party; faction

See also: Japanese symbol for “leftist”.

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.