沢
沢 — Swamp
swamp, marsh, brilliance, grace
On’yomiタク (taku)
Kun’yomiさわ (sawa)
Kun’yomiうるおい (uruoi)
Kun’yomiうるおす (uruosu)
Kun’yomiつや (tsuya)
Stroke order (7 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 沢
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沢 | さわ sawa | mountain stream; valley; dale |
| 光沢 | こうたく koutaku | brilliance; polish; lustre |
| 沢山 | たくさん takusan | a lot; lots; plenty |
| 贅沢 | ぜいたく zeitaku | luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury |
| 沢辺 | さわべ sawabe | edge of a swamp |
| 潤沢 | じゅんたく juntaku | abundant; ample; plentiful |
Study notes
沢 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 7 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #296 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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