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沼

JLPT N1 8 strokes Frequency: #1467

Meanings

Marsh, Lake, Bog, Swamp, Pond

Radicals

氵

Decomposition

⿰氵召

Etymology

Pictophonetic: water

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 8

Stroke Order

1 dot right-to-left

2 dot bottom-to-top

3 rising bottom-to-top

4 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

5 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

6 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

7 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

8 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ショウ shou

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ぬま numa

Words Using This Kanji

29 words total

Other (20 words)

lake

marsh

marshland

marsh

bog

deep-mud paddy

marsh gas

marshes and lakes

ponds and swamps

bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum)

沼沢地しょうたくち

wetland

田沼時代たぬまじだい

Tanuma period (1767-1786)

沼虎の尾ぬまとらのお

Lysimachia fortunei (species of loosestrife)

沼萩ぬまはぎ

Lysimachia fortunei (species of loosestrife)

湖沼学こしょうがく

limnology

湖沼型こしょうがた

lake type (i.e. eutrophic, dystrophic, oligotrophic)

湖沼水質保全特別措置法こしょうすいしつほぜんとくべつそちほう

Act on Special Measures concerning Conservation of Lake Water Quality

沼縄ぬなわ

water shield (Brasenia schreberi)

沼沢植物しょうたくしょくぶつ

helophyte

湖沼生態系こしょうせいたいけい

lake ecosystem

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