淝 meaning and stroke order
An affluent of the Poyang Lake
How to write 淝, stroke by stroke
11 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 淝
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- name of a river
How 淝 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Water.
氵 gives the meaning and 肥 hints at the sound.
Radical: 氵 (water), shared by 467 characters on this site.
How to remember 淝
The water radical 氵 tells you it is a river, and 肥 (féi, fat) gives the sound. Picture a fat, full river: that is the 淝 (féi).
淝 is only used as part of a river name, most often in 淝水 (Féishuǐ, the Fei River). You will mostly see it in history books, for example 淝水之战 (Féishuǐ zhī zhàn, the Battle of the Fei River).
Common mistake: Learners often write 肥 without the water radical when they mean the river, or add 氵 where it does not belong. For example, the city of Hefei is written 合肥 (Héféi), not 合淝.
Questions about 淝
How many strokes are in 淝?
淝 is written with 11 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 淝 mean?
淝 (féi) means an affluent of the Poyang Lake.
How do you pronounce 淝?
淝 is pronounced féi, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 淝?
The radical of 淝 is 氵, which carries the idea of "water". Dictionaries list 淝 under this radical.
Can 淝 be used on its own in everyday speech?
Not really. It is a proper-name character, so it appears almost only in the river name 淝水 and related place or history terms.
Does 淝 share the meaning of 肥 (fat, fertile)?
No. In 淝, the part 肥 mainly supplies the sound féi. The meaning comes from 氵, which marks it as a body of water.