漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
沢: swamp, marsh
Also: brilliance, grace
JLPT N17 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
氵 carries the meaning · 尺 gives the sound
7 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
タクtaku · on'yomi · in compounds
- 沢山たくさんmany, a lot, much
- 贅沢なぜいたくなluxurious
- 光沢こうたくbrilliance; polish; lustre
- 潤沢じゅんたくabundant; ample; plentiful
さわsawa · kun'yomi · on its own
- 沢さわswamp
- 沢辺さわべedge of a swamp
Also read うるおい, うるおす, つや, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)水 water (meaning) + 睪 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 澤 (rev. 91974877), CC BY-SA 4.0
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.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
尺
Also built on shaku (尺)
The 尺 family reads シャク (shaku); 沢 is read タク.
Also read タク
9 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side沢 swamp · 氵
vs択 choose · 扌In ChineseSimplified 泽 · traditional 澤 · zé
Three different forms: Japanese 沢, simplified 泽, traditional 澤.
- Simplified
- 泽 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 澤 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zé 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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