Chinese symbol for “swamps”
川泽
chuān zé
Traditional: 川澤
marshes; swamps
The closest CC-CEDICT match for swamps is 川泽 (chuān zé), defined as: marshes; swamps.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 川泽.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冰川 | bīng chuān | glacier |
| 河川 | hé chuān | rivers |
| 山川 | shān chuān | mountains and rivers; landscape |
| 平川 | píng chuān | an expanse of flat land |
| 川流不息 | chuān liú bù xī | the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow |
| 百川 | bǎi chuān | rivers |
| 沼泽 (沼澤) | zhǎo zé | marsh; swamp |
| 光泽 (光澤) | guāng zé | luster; gloss |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.