Chinese symbol for “sect”
教派
jiào pài
sect
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sect is 教派 (jiào pài), defined as: sect.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “sect”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 派系 | pài xì | sect; faction |
| 宗派 | zōng pài | sect |
| 门派 (門派) | mén pài | sect; school (group of followers of a particular doctrine) |
| 门 (門) | mén | gate; door; doorway; gateway; opening (CL:扇 (shàn)); valve; switch; other door-like or gate-like structure |
| 派别 (派別) | pài bié | group; sect; clique; faction; school |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 教派.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 教育 | jiào yù | to educate; to teach |
| 教师 (教師) | jiào shī | teacher; 个 (gè) |
| 宗教 | zōng jiào | religion |
| 教授 | jiāo shòu | to teach (a subject) |
| 教学 (教學) | jiāo xué | to teach |
| 派出 | pài chū | to send; to dispatch |
| 派遣 | pài qiǎn | to 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.