沼
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pond; pool
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 水 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 沼
- Common rank
- #3,002
- Unicode
- U+6CBC
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
marsh · Heisig RSH #145
水 water + 召 summon
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 沼
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沼泽大尾莺 | (bird species of China) striated grassbird (Megalurus palustris) | |
| 沼泽地带 | marsh; swamp; everglade | |
| 沼泽山雀 | (bird species of China) marsh tit (Poecile palustris) | |
| 湖沼学 | limnology | |
| 日本沼虾 | oriental river prawn (Macrobrachium nipponense), a species of freshwater shrimp, also call… | |
| 沼泽地 | marsh; swamp; everglade | |
| 沼气 | marsh gas; methane CH4 | |
| 湖沼 | lakes and marshes | |
| 泥沼 | swamp | |
| 池沼 | pool; pond | |
| 沼泽 | marsh; swamp; wetlands; glade | |
| 沼狸 | (zoology) coypu; nutria |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 召 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 召 sound part | imperial decree; to summon, to call, to beckon | |
| 超 | to jump over, to leap over; to overtake, to surpass | |
| 昭 | bright, luminous; clear, manifest | |
| 绍 | to connect; to introduce | |
| 邵 | various place names; surname | |
| 貂 | sable, mink, marten | |
| 劭 | to encourage; to excel; excellent | |
| 迢 | distant, far | |
| 苕 | rush, reed; trumpet vine | |
| 髫 | bangs, children's hairstyle; youngster | |
| 笤 | broom, besom | |
| 怊 | grieving | |
| 炤 | to illuminate, to light up; to reflect | |
| 轺 | light carriage | |
| 龆 | to lose one's baby teeth |