淝 (féi) · (classical) the Fei River in Anhui

Meanings

HSK 7-9

淝是安徽的一条古河名，是淝水之战的所在地。

Féi shì Ānhuī de yì tiáo gǔ hé míng, shì Féi shuǐ zhī zhàn de suǒzàidì.

The Fei is an old river name in Anhui, site of the Battle of Feishui.

history

淝 has no everyday standalone use. It is the name of a river in Anhui (also written 肥水), famous for the decisive 淝水 battle of 383 CE.

register

Historical and geographic; appears in place names and history, not in everyday speech.

radical

氵 shuǐ

water

氵 is the water radical, a left-side form of 水, marking the character as a river name.

phonetic

肥 féi

fat; fertile

肥 supplies the sound féi exactly; the river is in fact also written with 肥 alone.

淝 féi