Kanji Detail for 沛 - "marsh, torrential, fall"

沛

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
沛 means "marsh, torrential, fall."
1. Marsh - A wetland.
2. Torrential - For rain or water to flow powerfully.
3. Fall - To collapse.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

big rain; swamp

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

abundant, full, copious; sudden

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

copious; abundant

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

abundant, copious, full

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Grass growing in water is called 沛. Mencius says: "Gardens, enclosures, ponds, and marshes—when filled with swamps, birds and beasts come" (園囿洿池。沛澤多而禽獸至), meaning the land is wild and uncultivated. | An appearance of flourishing and flowing. Mencius says: "The sky gathers clouds naturally; rain falls abundantly" (天油然作雲。沛然下雨). All descriptions of vigorous momentum are also called 充沛 (abundant), meaning having plenty without exhaustion. | 顛沛 (Tien-p'ei). When a person encounters misfortune and their circumstances are destitute.
Onyomi

hai(はい)
Kunyomi

saka.n(さかん)

sawa(さわ)
Strokes

8 strokes
Radical

水氵氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)
Related Keywords
marsh wetland torrential rain water flow powerfully fall collapse