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Chinese symbol for “sect”

教派
jiào pài
sect

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sect is 教派 (jiào pài), defined as: sect.

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

教 jiào
school, education
radical 66 ⽁ · 11 strokes
派 pài
clique, faction, group, sect
radical 85 ⽔ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “sect”

WordPinyinMeaning
派系pài xìsect; faction
宗派zōng pàisect
门派 (門派)mén pàisect; school (group of followers of a particular doctrine)
门 (門)méngate; door; doorway; gateway; opening (CL:扇 (shàn)); valve; switch; other door-like or gate-like structure
派别 (派別)pài biégroup; sect; clique; faction; school

Related words

Other words that share a character with 教派.

WordPinyinMeaning
教育jiào yùto educate; to teach
教师 (教師)jiào shīteacher; 个 (gè)
宗教zōng jiàoreligion
教授jiāo shòuto teach (a subject)
教学 (教學)jiāo xuéto teach
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

See also: Japanese symbol for “sect”.

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.

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