沢

See also: 澤 and 泽

Translingual

Traditional	澤
Shinjitai	沢
Simplified	泽

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai character. Simplified from 澤 (睪 → 尺).

Han character

沢 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水尸人 (ESO), composition ⿰氵尺)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 612, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17234
• Dae Jaweon: page 1005, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 3, page 1574, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6CA2

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 沢 – see 澤 (“pool; pond; moist; damp; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 澤).

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Japanese

Shinjitai	沢
Kyūjitai	澤

Kanji

沢

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 澤)

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Readings

• Go-on: じゃく (jaku)
• Kan-on: たく (taku, Jōyō)
• Kun: さわ (sawa, 沢, Jōyō)^{←さは (safa, 沢, historical)}; うるおす (uruosu, 沢す); うるおい (uruoi)

Compounds

Compounds

• 沢山(たくさん) (takusan): a lot, plenty
• 沢庵(たくあん) (takuan): pickled daikon radish
• 梅沢(うめざわ) (Umezawa): A surname.
• 藤沢(ふじさわ) (Fujisawa): A surname.
• 大沢(おおさわ) (Ōsawa): A surname.
• 中沢(なかざわ) (Nakazawa): A surname.

Etymology

Kanji in this term
沢
さわ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
澤 (kyūjitai)

Noun

1. a mountain stream; a stream near its headwaters
2. swamp; marsh; wetlands
3. a surname