沛

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沛 U+6C9B, 沛
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C9B
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 沜 →

Translingual

Han character

沛 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水十月 (EJB) or 水卜中月 (EYLB), four-corner 35127, composition ⿰氵巿(GHTJV) or ⿰氵市(K))

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 612, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17216
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1005, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1559, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+6C9B

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 沛

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (巿) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
沛 *poːbs, *pʰoːbs
芾 *poːbs, *pubs, *pub
伂 *poːbs
霈 *pʰoːbs
旆 *boːbs
肺 *pʰobs
杮 *pʰobs
巿 *pub

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *poːbs, *pʰoːbs) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 巿 (OC *pub).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 沛 沛
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 滂 (2)
Final (韻) 泰 (25) 泰 (25)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 愽蓋切 普蓋切
Baxter pajH phajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pɑiH/ /pʰɑiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pɑiH/ /pʰɑiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/pɑiH/ /pʰɑiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/pajH/ /pʰajH/
Li
Rong 		/pɑiH/ /pʰɑiH/
Wang
Li 		/pɑiH/ /pʰɑiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/pɑiH/ /pʰɑiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bèi pèi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		bui3 pui3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 沛 沛
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 3287 3290
Phonetic
component 		巿 巿
Rime
group 		祭 祭
Rime
subdivision 		3 3
Corresponding
MC rime 		霈
Old
Chinese 		/*poːbs/ /*pʰoːbs/

Definitions

沛

  1. (literary) abundant; full; copious
  2. (literary) swift; sudden
  3. a surname

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

沛

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: はい (hai)
  • Kan-on: はい (hai)
  • Kun: さわ (sawa)、さかん (sakan)

Korean

Hanja

沛 (eum 패 (pae))

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Vietnamese

Han character

沛: Hán Nôm readings: phải

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