学派 (xué pài) — school (of thought); intellectual tradition; -i…

Definition

A noun for a 'school of thought' — a group of scholars who share a doctrine, often with a founder, key texts, and an -ism label (e.g. 马克思主义派).

noun

school (of thought)intellectual tradition-ism (when referring to a group sharing a doctrine)

学派。
Zhè ge xué pài zài jīng jì xué jiè yǐng xiǎng hěn dà.
This school of thought has a great influence in economics.
学派。
Bù tóng xué pài de xué zhě jīng cháng zhēng lùn.
Scholars from different schools of thought often debate.
学派。
Tā shì zhè ge xué pài de zhòng yào dài biǎo rén wù.
He is an important representative figure of this school of thought.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

学xuélearning

学 learning and 派 school combine to mean a school of learning.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 學; 学 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 學 may have used 爻 and 六 for sound, with hands and a child added later; the simplified 学 is a shorthand.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

水水shuǐwater; river

Sound part声符shēngfú

𠂢

𠂢𠂢派pài

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

派 is built from 水 (water/river) and 𠂢. 𠂢 gives the sound, and 水 was added later to tell the character apart from the older form.

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