沷

Information about character(s)

Radical: 水
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 8

Pronunciation

Pinyin: fā
Cantonese: faat3

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: to remove evil; to cleanse; to wash away

CE-Dict: to remove evil/to cleanse/to wash away

康熙字典文字版 【巳集上】【水字部】沷
【玉篇】府伐切，音發。寒也。一曰渫也，通流也。【木華·海賦】鏟臨崖之阜陸，決陂潢而相沷。【註】沷，灌也。一曰凡壅水處決之，使相沷蕩也。　又敷勿切，音弗。義同。

Han-De-Dict: abschwemmen, wegschwemmen (u.E.)/reinigen (u.E.)