沼泽
zhǎo​zé HSK7

marshland

沼 zhǎo lake

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 召 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

召
召 Sound component
zhào summon

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyewXtawʔpool
Zhengzhangtjewʔ
Unicodejiɛ̌u

說文解字

池水。从水召聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

泽 zé, shì, yì marsh Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 𠬤 represents the sound. Simplified form of 澤.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

𠬤
𠬤 Sound component
yì, zé, dù spy on
Change in sound

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

澤 marsh Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 睪 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

睪
睪 Sound component
yì spy on
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdraeklˤrak marsh; moisture

說文解字

《說文》：“澤，光潤也。从水，睪聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)