沢 – swamp, marsh, brilliance

7 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#296 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 沢 means swamp, marsh, brilliance, grace. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is タク (taku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is さわ、うるお.い、うるお.す、つや (sawa, uruoi, uruosu, tsuya). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
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

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 汁・尸・丶.

Words using 沢

沢山たくさんa lot贅沢ぜいたくluxury光沢こうたくbrilliance

Example sentences

この指輪は光沢をうしなった。

This ring lost its luster.

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Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流消準渡深

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