noun, noun, used as a suffix
A general noun or suffix for a group sharing an affiliation, opinion, loyalty, or preference. In casual preference labels, X派 can mean someone in the “X camp,” such as 犬派 or 猫派.
彼は社内では社長派と見られている。
Within the company, he is seen as part of the president's faction.
私は犬派ではなく猫派だ。
I'm a cat person, not a dog person.
noun, noun, used as a suffix
Used especially in politics for an ideological wing, faction inside a party, or camp supporting a particular position.
党内の保守派が法案に反対した。
The conservative wing within the party opposed the bill.
noun, noun, used as a suffix
school; school of thought; artistic school
Used for schools or movements in thought, art, literature, scholarship, and similar fields, often as a suffix in established names.
彼女は印象派の絵が好きだ。
She likes Impressionist paintings.
noun, noun, used as a suffix
Religious use for a sect or denomination. More specific full words such as 宗派 are often used, but 派 also appears in compounds and plural expressions such as 諸派.
プロテスタントの諸派では礼拝の形式が少しずつ異なる。
Worship styles differ somewhat among the Protestant denominations.
The usual specific word for a religious sect or denomination; bare 派 is broader and less explicitly religious unless context makes it clear.
A Sino-Japanese noun and suffix read は. The kanji 派 is conventionally associated with a branch or stream, which extends naturally to branches of people, ideas, politics, art, or religion.