Translingual

Han character

沼 (radical 85 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水尸竹口 (ESHR), four-corner 3716₂, composition ⿰氵召)

1. lake
2. fishpond
3. swamps

References

• KangXi: page 614, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17257
• Dae Jaweon: page 1008, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1597, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6CBC

Chinese

Glyph origin

Pronunciation

Definitions

沼

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Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: しょう (shō) < せう (seu) (historical)
• Kan’on: しょう (shō) < せう (seu) (historical)
• Kun: ぬ (nu), ぬま (numa)

Etymology 1

From Old Japanese. Root of the Old Japanese verb ぬる ‎(nuru, “to become loose; to become wet”) and modern Japanese 濡れる ‎(nureru, “to become wet”), adverb ぬるぬる ‎(nurunuru, “loosely; lukewarmly; oozingly”).

May be cognate with Korean 늪 ‎(neup, “swamp, bog, marsh”), Mongolian нам ‎(nam, “low-lying”), намаг ‎(namag, “swamp, bog, marsh”), норох ‎(noroh, “to become wet”).

Generally only used in compounds in modern Japanese.^[1]

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA^(key): [nɯᵝ]

Noun

沼 ‎(hiragana ぬ, romaji nu)

1. a swamp, a bog, a marsh, a wetland

Derived terms

• 小沼 (おぬ) ‎(onu): a swamp, particularly a small one
• 隠沼 (こもりぬ) ‎(komorinu): a hidden bog

See also

• 沼間 (ぬま) ‎(Numa): a surname

Etymology 2

沼 (numa): a marsh, a wetland.

Appears to be a compound of 沼 ‎(nu, “swamp”) +‎ 間 ‎(ma, “space, area”).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) ぬま​ [nùmáꜜ] (Odaka - [o])^[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [nɯᵝma̠]

Noun

沼 ‎(hiragana ぬま, romaji numa)

1. a swamp, a bog, a marsh, a wetland

See also

• 沼間 (ぬま) ‎(Numa): a surname

Etymology 3

/seu/ → /ɕeu/ → /ɕʲoː/

From Middle Chinese 沼 ‎(tsyew^X, “swamp”). Compare modern Mandarin 沼 ‎(zhǎo).

Only ever used in compounds.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ː]

Affix

沼 ‎(hiragana しょう, romaji shō, historical hiragana せう)

1. a swamp, a bog, a marsh, a wetland

Derived terms

References

1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
3. ↑ 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

Korean

Hanja

沼 • ‎(so) (hangeul 소, revised so, McCune-Reischauer so, Yale so)

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: trẻo

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