沛

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))

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

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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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pèi (pei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pui³
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): pi⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): phài

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pèi
    • Wade–Giles: pʻei⁴
    • Yale: pèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pey
    • Palladius: пэй (pɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰeɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pui³
    • Yale: pui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pui³
    • Guangdong Romanization: pui³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuːi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: pi⁴
    • 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: pai³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰai²¹³/

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• 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	/pɑiH/	/pʰɑiH/
Pan Wuyun	/pɑiH/	/pʰɑiH/
Shao Rongfen	/pɑiH/	/pʰɑiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pajH/	/pʰajH/
Li Rong	/pɑiH/	/pʰɑiH/
Wang Li	/pɑiH/	/pʰɑiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/pɑiH/	/pʰɑiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bèi	pèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bui3	pui3

• 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

(deprecated template usage) 沛

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

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Japanese

Kanji

沛

(uncommon “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)

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Korean

Hanja

沛 (eum 패 (pae))

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Vietnamese

Han character

沛: Hán Nôm readings: phải

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