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漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

沃: fertility

N1 (our estimate)7 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

氵 carries the meaning · 夭 is drawn in

7 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ヨウyou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 沃素ようそiodine (I)

ヨクyoku · on'yomi

  • 豊沃ほうよくfertility
  • 肥沃ひよくfertile; rich; productive

Also read オク, そそぐ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Imagine three raindrops falling—that's sanzui! Whenever you see these three dots on the left side of a kanji, think of water, liquids, or anything that flows.”
More in the 氵 water story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
氵

Also built on water (氵)

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夭

Also built on 夭

Also read ヨウ

34 kanji share this on'yomiAll 34

Also read ヨク

6 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read オク

4 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
沃 fertility · 夭
vs決 decide · 夬
沃 has 夭 where 決 has 夬.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · wò

Same form: 沃 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
沃 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
沃 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin wò most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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