The kanji 沢: meaning, readings and stroke order

沢

Meaning: stream, shine
On reading: タク taku
Kun reading: さわ sawa
Strokes: 7
Radical: 水 water
Level: Level 7 · junior high school
Old form: 澤

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: khe suối, bóng láng (trạch)
Japanese: さわ。やまのちいさなながれ。つや。
Korean: 개울, 윤기 (택)
Chinese: 山涧、光泽 (泽)

Readings, words and example sentences

タク taku · on reading · less common

光こう沢たく
shine, gloss
光こう沢たくのある紙に印刷します。
We print on shiny paper.

さわ sawa · kun reading

沢さわ
mountain stream
山の 沢さわで水をくみます。
I get water from a mountain stream.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.