Kanji Detail for 沼 - "swamp, pond"

沼

Jōyō Kanji

JLPT N1

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.
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

shoh(ショウ)
Kunyomi

numa(ぬま)
Strokes

8 strokes
Radical

水氵氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)
Related Keywords
swamp marsh bog pond wetland mire quagmire fen marshland muddy