# 沛

| 沛 | U+6C9B, &#27803; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C9B |
| ← 沚 [U+6C9A] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 沜 → [U+6C9C] |

## 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 3512$_7$, composition ⿰氵巿(GHTJV) or ⿰氵市(K))

#### Derived characters

* 𢭿, 𱽫, 𬆃, 霈

#### 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pèi (pei$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pui$^3$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): pi$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): phài
    (Teochew, Peng'im): pai$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pèi
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pèi
*** Wade–Giles: pʻei$^4$
*** Yale: pèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pey
*** Palladius: пэй (pɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰeɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pui$^3$
*** Yale: pui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pui$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pui$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰuːi̯³³/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: pi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰi⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phài
*** Tâi-lô: phài
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phaix
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pʰai²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰai⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰai²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pʰai¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰai²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: pai$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phài
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰai²¹³/
* Middle Chinese: pajH, phajH
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 | /pɑi$^H$/ | /pʰɑi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pɑi$^H$/ | /pʰɑi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pɑi$^H$/ | /pʰɑi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /paj$^H$/ | /pʰaj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /pɑi$^H$/ | /pʰɑi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /pɑi$^H$/ | /pʰɑi$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /pɑi$^H$/ | /pʰɑi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bèi | pèi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bui$^3$ | pui$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*poːbs/, /*pʰoːbs/
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
* (literary) abundant; full; copious
* (literary) swift; sudden
* a surname

### Compounds

* 充沛 (chōngpèi)
* 沛公 (Pèigōng)
* 沛國／沛国 (Pèiguó)
* 沛沛
* 沛澤／沛泽
* 沛然 (pèirán)
* 沛縣／沛县 (Pèixiàn)
* 沛艾
* 沛雨甘霖
* 流離顛沛／流离颠沛
* 滂沛
* 漰沛
* 滯沛／滞沛
* 精力充沛
* 葉斯沛森／叶斯沛森
* 豐沛／丰沛 (fēngpèi)
* 造次顛沛／造次颠沛
* 顛沛／颠沛 (diānpèi)
* 顛沛流離／颠沛流离 (diānpèiliúlí)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(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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