Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6
JLPT level: N1
164 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 9
Meaning: faction, group, party, clique, sect, school
Kunyomi:
Onyomi: ハ
Composition: 氵 𠂢
Radical: 水
Reading: さんずい
Meaning: water
Strokes: 3
派閥（はばつ） political faction
派出所（はしゅつしょ） local police station
特派員（とくはいん） correspondent
流派（りゅうは） school (e.g. of ikebana)
左派（さは） left wing
右派（うは） right wing
宗派（しゅうは） (religious) denomination
党派（とうは） faction
立派な（りっぱな） splendid
派手な（はでな） flashy, gaudy
派遣する（はけんする） dispatch
派 （ハ） group, faction, clique, coterie, (political) faction, wing, camp, school (of thought, painting, etc.), sect, denomination
派遣 （ハケン） dispatch, despatch, deployment, temporary employee (esp. from an agency), temporary worker, agency temp
硬派 （コウハ） hard-liners, diehards, hawks, (young) man with traditionally masculine interests, tough boy, man's man, hard news, reporter who covers political and economic affairs, strait-laced type (with respect to relationships), bullish traders
右派 （ウハ） right wing