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Chinese symbol for “pie”

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)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for pie is 派 (pài), defined as: (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 (yī)) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc.

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

派 pài
clique, faction, group, sect
radical 85 ⽔ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “pie”

WordPinyinMeaning
馅饼 (餡餅)xiàn bǐngmeat pie; pie

Related words

Other words that share a character with 派.

WordPinyinMeaning
派出pài chūto send; to dispatch
派遣pài qiǎnto send (on a mission); to dispatch
左派zuǒ pài(political) left; left wing
党派 (黨派)dǎng pàipolitical party; faction
派对 (派對)pài duì(loanword) party
右派yòu pài(political) right; right wing

See also: Japanese symbol for “pie”.

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.