沼 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

marsh, lake, bog, swamp, pond

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ショウHS
Kun (native)
  • ぬまJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音zhao3
  • 한글so
  • Hán-ViệtChiểu

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
水(みず)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+6CBC

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰氵召

Words using this kanji

  • ぬまmarsh, swamp, wetland, bog
  • 沼田ぬまたdeep-mud paddy
  • 沼地ぬまち沼のように泥が深くじめじめした土地。marshland, wetland, swampland
  • 沼沢しょうたくmarsh, swamp, bog
  • 沼気しょうき湖沼や河川などで有機物が腐敗して発生するメタンを主成分とするガス。marsh gas, methane
  • 沼湖しょうこ沼と湖。湖沼。marshes and lakes
  • 沼杉ぬますぎbald Cypress (Taxodium distichum)
  • 沼萩ぬまはぎLysimachia fortunei (species of loosestrife)
  • 沼縄ぬなわwater shield (Brasenia schreberi)
  • 沼鯥ぬまむつNipponocypris sieboldii (species of cyprinid)
  • 沼鰐ぬまわにmugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris), marsh crocodile, Indian crocodile, Indus crocodile
  • 沼蛙ぬまがえるAsian grass frog (Fejervarya limnocharis), Indian rice frog, cricket frog
  • 沼蛭ぬまびるHelobdella stagnalis (species of leech)
  • 沼鰈ぬまがれいstarry flounder (Platichthys stellatus)
  • 沼るぬまるto get hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.), to become addicted (to), to become obsessed (with), to be in a slump
  • 沼沢地しょうたくちwetland, marshland
  • 沼田鰻ヌタウナギinshore hagfish (Eptatretus burgeri)
  • 沼大根ぬまだいこんAdenostemma lavenia (species of flowering plant)
  • 沼落ちぬまおちbecoming obsessed with (a TV series, celebrity, interest, etc.), becoming addicted to, getting hooked on
  • 沼エビヌマエビParatya compressa (species of freshwater shrimp)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(37 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-5
Four Corner
3716.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3a5.24
Heisig
145
Nelson
2521