The kanji 沼: meaning, readings and stroke order
沼
- Meaning
- swamp, marsh
- On reading
- ショウ shou
- Kun reading
- ぬま numa
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 水 water
- Level
- Level 7 · junior high school
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- đầm lầy (chiểu)
- Japanese
- ぬま。どろの おおい いけ。
- Korean
- 늪 (소)
- Chinese
- 沼泽
Readings, words and example sentences
ショウ shou · on reading · less common
湖沼
lakes and marshes
湖沼の 生き物を 調べます。
We study the creatures that live in lakes and marshes.
ぬま numa · kun reading
沼
marsh, swamp
森の おくに 沼が あります。
There is a marsh deep in the forest.
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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.