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沛

copious; abundant

7 strokes Dict coverage rank #3,046 U+6C9B

How 沛 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

Circulating 巿 water 氵, representing a flood

components: 氵 巿

How to remember it

copious · Heisig RSH #1688

水 water + 市 market

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words containing 沛

WordPinyinMeaning
项庄舞剑,意在沛公 Xiàng Zhuāng wǔ jiàn , yì zài Pèi gōng lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Ban…
项庄舞剑,志在沛公 Xiàng Zhuāng wǔ jiàn , zhì zài Pèi gōng see 項莊舞劍,意在沛公|项庄舞剑,意在沛公[Xiang4 Zhuang1 wu3 jian4 , yi4 zai4 Pei4 gong1]
精力充沛 jīng lì chōng pèi vigorous; energetic
流离颠沛 liú lí diān pèi destitute and homeless (idiom); displaced and without means
颠沛流离 diān pèi liú lí homeless and miserable (idiom); to wander about in a desperate plight; to drift
阿旺曲沛 Ā wàng qǔ pèi Ngawang Choepel (Tibetan, Fulbright scholar)
沛县 Pèi Xiàn Pei County or Peixian, a county in Xuzhou City 徐州市[Xu2 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangsu
沛公 Pèi gōng Duke of Pei (i.e. 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1])
丰沛 fēng pèi copious; plentiful (of water); surging (of waves); refers to home village of first Han emp…
充沛 chōng pèi abundant; plentiful
颠沛 diān pèi to fall over; to stumble; (fig.) to suffer hardship; to be in desperate straits