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沛 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「氵」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
On
ハイはい · hai
Kun
—
Meaning
a downpour

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Water 氵 with 巿 as phonetic: for water to pour over in force.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 沛然はいぜん

    pouring down (of rain)

  • 顛沛てんぱい

    a sudden upset; a moment

More words with this kanji

  • 滂沛ぼうはい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

沛然(はいぜん)として夕立(ゆうだち)が来(き)た。

The evening shower came pouring down.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

沛然沛然so汕nettin…沁to soa…沐to was…沍to fre…沂a rive…抔and so…孛comet坏an ear…佩to wea…怫vexed
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 氵Map of reading ハイAll maps

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