沛
pèi HSK7

abundant

Circulating 巿 water 氵, representing a flood

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water
巿
巿 Meaning component
fú, pó ceremonial knee coverings

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

霈

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

霈

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpoːbs
pʰoːbs

說文解字

水。出遼東番汗塞外，西南入海。从水巿聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)