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沼 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「氵」

道
4Junior high level ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
On
ショウしょう · shō
Kun
ぬまnuma
Meaning
marsh; swamp

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

氵 "water" with 召: a place where water lies still — a marsh.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onショウしょうshō沼沢しょうたく湖沼こしょう
Kunぬまnuma沼ぬま沼地ぬまち

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 沼地ぬまち

    marshland

  • 湖沼こしょう

    lakes and marshes

More words with this kanji

  • 泥沼どろぬま
  • 沼ぬま

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

沼(ぬま)のまわりに鳥(とり)が集(あつ)まる。

Birds gather around the marsh.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

沼地湖沼沼地ground湖lake汗sweat汚dirty沢swamp沈sink泊stay…召summon床floor姓surnam…咲bloom称name
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 氵Map of reading ショウAll maps

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