Chinese Character 沼 Meanings and components.

Form

沼

Meaning

沼 meaning[3] in English

Pond.

Pool.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 沼 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and surname Shao (召)

Its radical[1] is: 水 (shui3) which means: Surname Shui, .水shui3surname Shui

In cangjie it is written with ESHR

How to write 沼

To write沼zhao3pond you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 召zhao4surname Shao arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 召 = 沼

沼 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 沼 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 沼, looks as follow:

沼
Pinyin:zhao3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Pond . Pool
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
召
Pinyin:zhao4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Shao . Name Of An Ancient State That Existed In What Is Now Shaanxi Province
刀
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Dao
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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