霈

霈 U+9708, 霈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9708 ← 震 [U+9707] CJK Unified Ideographs 霉 → [U+9709]

Translingual

Han character

霈 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+7, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一月水十月 (MBEJB) or 一月水卜月 (MBEYB), four-corner 1012₇, composition ⿱雨沛)

Derived characters

• 𪷳

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1375, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42301
• Dae Jaweon: page 1884, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4065, character 8
• Unihan data for U+9708

Chinese

trad.		霈
simp. #		霈

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

  (Sixian, PFS): phi

  (Hailu, HRS): pui^ˇ

• Eastern Min (BUC): puói
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): puei⁴
• 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
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phi
    • Hakka Romanization System: pi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰi⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: pui^ˇ
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰui¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: puói
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰui²¹³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: puei⁴
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: po̍i
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuei⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phài
    • Tâi-lô: phài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phaix
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /pʰai²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰai⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰai²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /pʰai¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰai²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pai³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰai²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: phajH

Rime
Character	霈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	普蓋切
Baxter	phajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰɑiH/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰɑiH/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰɑiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰajH/
Li Rong	/pʰɑiH/
Wang Li	/pʰɑiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pʰɑiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pui3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰoːbs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	霈
Reading #	1/1
No.	3291
Phonetic component	巿
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	霈
Old Chinese	/*pʰoːbs/
Notes	沛分化字

Definitions

霈

1. heavy rain; timely rain
2. (figurative) grace, favor (usually of emperors)
3. heavy (of rain or snow)
4. complacent; arrogant

References

• “霈”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
• “霈”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “霈”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 173.

Japanese

Kanji

霈

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. torrential rain

Readings

• Go-on: はい (hai)
• Kan-on: はい (hai)
• Kun: ひさめ (hisame, 霈)

Korean

Hanja

霈 • (pae) (hangeul 패, revised pae, McCune–Reischauer p'ae, Yale phay)

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