Kanji Detail for 沃 - "fertile"

沃

Jōyō Kanji

Meaning

沃 means "fertile." Also associated with to pour, to moisten.
1. To pour - To pour water; to water; to irrigate.
2. To moisten - To make moist; to wet; fresh.
3. Fertile - Rich soil; productive land.
4. Iodine - A chemical element.
Four-character idioms with 沃
- 沃野千里よくやせんり vast expanse of fertile land
Tattoo check: 沃
- Verified meaning: fertile
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
- Used in real Japanese given names (read おう, そそぐ)
- Also carries these associations: to pour, to moisten
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
Name readings of 沃

Given names 沃(そそぐ)

Surnames 沃(おう)
Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

fertility

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

water, irrigate; fertile, rich

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

fertile; rich; to irrigate; to wash (of river)

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to water, to irrigate; fertile, rich

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Pouring thick liquid on something is called 沃. | The meaning of moist and fertile. Hence, fertile land is called 沃土 (fertile soil), 沃壤 (rich earth). | 啓沃 (Ch'i-wo). Refers to a minister who can explain the good way and gain the ruler's trust and compliance. The phrase comes from the Book of Documents.
Onyomi

oku(オク)

yoh(ヨウ)

yoku(ヨク)
Kunyomi

soso.gu(そそ-ぐ)
Strokes

7 strokes
Radical

水氵氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)
Related Keywords

to pour to moisten fertile soak rich abundant lush fruitful productive irrigate wet fecund luxuriant plentiful bountiful flow

Sentences including 沃

ここは土地が肥沃である。
The soil here is fertile.
肥沃な土壌は豊かな作物を産する。
Rich soil yields good crops.
河川の盆地には普通肥沃な農地がある。
The basin of a river usually has rich farmland.
良い収穫を得る為には、肥沃な土壌が不可欠だ。
Fertile soil is indispensable for a good harvest.
開拓民たちは谷間の土地が肥沃であることを知った。
The settlers learned that the land in the valley was fertile.
そこにはトウモロコシを栽培できる肥沃な土地がある。
It has fertile soil where corn be grown.
以前は肥沃な平野であったのに今では荒れ地にすぎなくなっている。
Now there is nothing but desert, where there used to be a fertile plain.

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Kanji Detail for 沃 - "fertile"

沃 Jōyō Kanji

Meaning

Four-character idioms with 沃

Tattoo check: 沃

Name readings of 沃

Dictionary Citations

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Onyomi

Kunyomi

Strokes

Radical

Related Keywords

Sentences including 沃

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沃

Jōyō Kanji

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