激进派 (jī jìn pā) — (noun) radicals; radical faction; militant tendency

Definition

noun
radicalsradical factionmilitant tendency

Examples

  • 激进派。
    Zhè ge guó jiā de jī jìn pā zhǔ zhāng lì jí gǎi gé.
    The radicals in this country advocate immediate reform.
  • 激进派。
    jī jìn pā Zài huì yì shàng tí chū le hěn duō jī liè de yì jiàn.
    The radical faction raised many intense opinions at the meeting.
  • 激进派。
    Zhèng fǔ bì xū rèn zhēn duì dài jī jìn pā de yāo qiú.
    The government must take the demands of the radical faction seriously.

Origin

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.

激进radical
激jīintense进jìnforward
偏正Modifier + head
派pàifaction

"激进" radical and "派" faction combine to mean a radical group.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
敫
敫jiǎo激jī
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In 激, the 氵 side marks water, and 敫 gives the sound jiǎo; the original sense is water swashing.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 進; 进 is its simplified writing.

  • 辵辵chuòwalk
  • 隹隹zhuīshort-tail bird

The traditional form 進 pairs 辵 (walk) with 隹 (short-tail bird): the picture showed moving forward because a bird can only walk forward, not backward. The simplified 进 is a later shorthand.

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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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