Translingual

Han character

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

1. marsh, swamp
2. grace, brilliance

References

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

Chinese

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 澤)

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Readings

• Goon: じゃく (jaku))
• Kan’on: たく (taku)
• Kun: さわ (sawa) ( (historical) さは (saha) ), うるおす (uruosu), うるおい (uruoi)

Compounds

Usage notes

Commonly found as part of a surname, usually with reading さわ (sawa) or ざわ (zawa).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) さわ​ [sàwáꜜ] (Odaka - [2])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [sa̠ɰᵝa̠]

Noun

沢 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 澤, hiragana さわ, romaji sawa, historical hiragana さは)

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

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3