沛 — Chinese character
沛
pèi
abundant, copious, full
- Pinyin
- pèi
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 氵 巿
- Formation
- ideographic — Circulating 巿 water 氵, representing a flood
- Japanese
- 沛 as a kanji
Common words with 沛
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 充沛 | chōng pèi | abundant; plentiful |
| 丰沛 (豐沛) | fēng pèi | copious; plentiful (of water) |
| 精力充沛 | jīng lì chōng pèi | vigorous; energetic |
| 颠沛流离 (顛沛流離) | diān pèi liú lí | homeless and miserable (idiom); to wander about in a desperate plight; to drift |
| 颠沛 (顛沛) | diān pèi | to fall over; to stumble; (fig.) to suffer hardship; to be in desperate straits |
| 流离颠沛 (流離顛沛) | liú lí diān pèi | destitute and homeless (idiom); displaced and without means |
English words written with 沛
沛 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 5 · Zhuangzi 3
- Analects 4.5
- Hexagram 55
- Mencius 1A.6
- Mencius 3B.9
- Mencius 4A.6
- Mencius 7A.16
- Zhuangzi The Universe
- Zhuangzi The Circling Sky
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