# 派 — Sect

Frequency rank 529 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 編 (Knit), less common than 域 (Region).

- On’yomi: は
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 水 Water (Kangxi 85)
- Frequency path: Level V of XX

A tsunami on the left, with a cliff and tofu on the right — the tsunami crashes against the cliff where different sects of tofu-makers have built their workshops.

In words:

- 派 は — clique;faction;school
- 派手 はで — showy,loud,gay,flashy,gaudy
- 派遣 はけん — dispatch;send

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