沢

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See also: 澤 and 泽
沢 U+6CA2, 沢
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6CA2
← 没
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 沣 →

Translingual

Traditional 澤
Shinjitai 沢
Simplified 泽

Han character

沢 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水尸人 (ESO), composition ⿰氵尺)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 612, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17234
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1005, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 3, page 1574, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+6CA2

Chinese

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For pronunciation and definitions of 沢 – see 澤 (“pool; pond; moist; damp; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 澤).

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai

沢

Kyūjitai

澤

Glyph origin

Japanese shinjitai character. Simplified from 澤 (睪 → 尺).

Kanji

沢

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 澤)

  1. marsh, wetlands
  2. having in abundance, blessed, favored
  3. (give a) blessing, (do a) favor
  4. sheen, lustre
  5. mountain stream

Readings

Compounds

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
沢
さわ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
澤 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

沢(さわ) • (sawa) ←さは (safa)?

  1. a mountain stream; a stream near its headwaters
  2. swamp; marsh; wetlands

Derived terms

Proper noun

沢(さわ) • (Sawa) 

  1. a surname

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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