沼 — Chinese character
沼
zhǎo
lake, pond, swamp
- Pinyin
- zhǎo
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 氵 召
- Formation
- pictophonetic — water; meaning component 氵; sound component 召
- Japanese
- 沼 as a kanji
Common words with 沼
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沼泽 (沼澤) | zhǎo zé | marsh; swamp |
| 沼气 (沼氣) | zhǎo qì | marsh gas; methane CH4 |
| 沼泽地 (沼澤地) | zhǎo zé dì | marsh; swamp |
| 泥沼 | ní zhǎo | swamp |
| 湖沼 | hú zhǎo | lakes and marshes |
| 池沼 | chí zhǎo | pool; pond |
| 沼泽地带 (沼澤地帶) | zhǎo zé dì dài | marsh; swamp |
| 湖沼学 (湖沼學) | hú zhǎo xué | limnology |
| 沼泽山雀 (沼澤山雀) | zhǎo zé shān què | (bird species of China) marsh tit (Poecile palustris) |
| 沼狸 | zhǎo lí | (zoology) coypu; nutria |
English words written with 沼
沼 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 5
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.