沼 – marsh, lake, bog

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The kanji 沼 means marsh, lake, bog, swamp, pond. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ショウ (shou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ぬま (numa). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ショウ	shou
Kun’yomi	ぬま	numa

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: 口・汁・刀.

Words using 沼

沼ぬまmarsh

Example sentences

その沼にはサギがたくさん住んでいる。

Lots of herons live in the marsh.

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Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

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