派

pài ㄆㄞˋ

1. tributary branch of a river

   literary

2. clique school group faction
3. style manner

   bound form

4. to send (a person or resource) to dispatch to allocate (a resource or task) to appoint (sb)
5. classifier for factions, groups etc
6. classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc

   preceded by 一[yi1]

7. pi (Greek letter Π, π) the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159...

   loanword

8. pie

   loanword