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Kanji Detail for 沼 - "swamp, pond"

沼

  • Meaning

    沼 means "swamp, pond."

    1. Swamp - A marsh with deep mud.

    2. Bog - A wet, spongy ground.

    3. Wetland - An area saturated with water.

  • Words using 沼

    • 泥沼 どろぬま Listen bog; marsh; swamp
    • 湖沼 こしょう Listen lake; marsh; wetland

  • Tattoo check: 沼

    • Verified meaning: swamp, pond
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かつさわ, かつざわ, かつぞう, かつたか)

    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 沼

    Surnames 沼(かつさわ)Listen 沼(かつざわ)Listen 沼(かつぞう)Listen 沼(かつたか)Listen 沼(かつのり)Listen 沼(かつひろ)Listen 沼(かつむら)Listen 沼(かつよ)Listen 沼(しょうぞう)Listen 沼(しょうた)Listen 沼(ぬま)Listen 沼(ぬまさき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    marsh; lake; bog; swamp; pond

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    lake, fishpond, swamps

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    pond; pool

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    lake, pond, swamp

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

    A pond. Round ones are called 池; curved ones are called 沼. The Book of Odes says: "At the marsh, at the islet" (于沼于沚).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shoh(ショウ) ショウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    numa(ぬま) ぬま

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    swamp marsh bog pond wetland mire quagmire fen marshland muddy

Sentences including 沼

  • There is a small pond here.

More kanji with the radical 水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

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