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沢 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「氵」

道
4Junior high level ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
On
タクたく · taku
Kun
さわ・うるお(い)・うるお(す)sawa · uruo(i) · uruo(su)
Meaning
swamp; mountain stream; abundance

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

氵 "water" with 尺 "a short measure": a shallow mountain stream. From its plentiful water also comes "abundant."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onタクたくtaku光沢こうたく潤沢じゅんたく
Kunさわsawa沢さわ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 沢山たくさん

    a lot; many

  • 光沢こうたく

    lustre; gloss

More words with this kanji

  • 潤沢じゅんたく
  • 贅沢ぜいたく

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

山(やま)の沢(さわ)で冷(つめ)たい水(みず)を飲(の)んだ。

I drank cold water from a mountain stream.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

光沢沢山沢光light山mounta…汗sweat汚dirty沈sink況condit…沼marsh拓clear宅home托entrus…択choose拆to spl…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 氵Map of reading タクAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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