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沼

沼 U+6CBC, 沼
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6CBC
← 治
[U+6CBB] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 沽 →
[U+6CBD]

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沼 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水尸竹口 (ESHR), four-corner 37162, composition ⿰氵召)

  1. lake
  2. fishpond
  3. swamps

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 614, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17257
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1008, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1597, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+6CBC

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
 沼

Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (刀) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
刀 *taːw
忉 *taːw
魛 *taːw
舠 *taːw
朷 *taːw, *moːɡ
叨 *tuːw, *l̥ʰaːw
倒 *taːwʔ, *taːws
到 *taːws
菿 *taːws, *rtaːwɢ
鞀 *deːw
鳭 *rteːw, *teːw
灱 *hreːw
菬 *sdew, *tjewʔ
超 *tʰew
怊 *tʰew, *tʰjew
欩 *tʰew
召 *dews, *djews
昭 *tjew
招 *tjew
鉊 *tjew
沼 *tjewʔ
照 *tjews
詔 *tjews
炤 *tjews
弨 *tʰjew, *tʰjewʔ
眧 *tʰjewʔ
韶 *djew
佋 *djew, *djewʔ
軺 *djew, *lew
玿 *djew
柖 *djew
紹 *djewʔ
袑 *djewʔ
綤 *djewʔ
邵 *djews
劭 *djews
卲 *djews
刁 *teːw
芀 *teːw, *deːw
貂 *teːw
蛁 *teːw
迢 *deːw
苕 *deːw
髫 *deːw
岧 *deːw

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • chiáu - literary;
  • chiau - vernacular (俗).
    Rime
    Character 沼
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 章 (23)
    Final (韻) 宵 (91)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 之少切
    Baxter tsyewX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/t͡ɕiᴇuX/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/t͡ɕiɛuX/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/t͡ɕjæuX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ciawX/
    Li
    Rong         		/t͡ɕiɛuX/
    Wang
    Li         		/t͡ɕĭɛuX/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/t͡ɕi̯ɛuX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		zhǎo
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		ziu2
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 沼
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		zhǎo
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ tsyewX ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*tawʔ/
    English pool

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 沼
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 2130
    Phonetic
    component         		刀
    Rime
    group         		宵
    Rime
    subdivision         		2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		沼
    Old
    Chinese         		/*tjewʔ/

    Definitions

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    沼

    1. pool; pond

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    Kanji

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    沼

    (Jōyō kanji)

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    Etymology 1

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    Kanji in this term
    沼
    ぬ
    Grade: S
    kun'yomi

    From Old Japanese. Root of the Old Japanese verb ぬる (nuru, “to become loose; to become wet”) and modern Japanese 濡れる (nureru, “to become wet”), adverb ぬるぬる (nurunuru, “loosely; lukewarmly; oozingly”).

    May be cognate with Korean 늪 (neup, “swamp, bog, marsh”), Ainu nup (“flat land, plain; fen”), Mongolian нам (nam, “low-lying”), намаг (namag, “swamp, bog, marsh”), норох (norox, “to become wet”).

    Generally only used in compounds in modern Japanese.[1]

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    Noun

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    沼(ぬ) • (nu) 

    1. a swamp, a bog, a marsh, a wetland
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    Etymology 2

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    Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia ja
     
    English Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia
     
    沼 (numa): a marsh, a wetland.
    Kanji in this term
    沼
    ぬま
    Grade: S
    kun'yomi

    Appears to be a compound of 沼 (nu, “swamp”) +‎ 間 (ma, “space, area”).

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    Noun

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    沼(ぬま) • (numa) 

    1. a swamp, a bog, a marsh, a wetland
    2. (slang) inescapable pit of addiction to games, etc.
      Synonym: 深沼 (fukanuma)
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    Etymology 3

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    Kanji in this term
    沼
    しょう
    Grade: S
    on'yomi

    /seu/ → /ɕeu/ → /ɕʲoː/

    From Middle Chinese 沼 (tsyewX, “swamp”). Compare modern Mandarin 沼 (zhǎo).

    Only ever used in compounds.

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    Affix

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    沼(しょう) • (shō) ←せう (seu)?

    1. a swamp, a bog, a marsh, a wetland
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    References

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    1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
    2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
    4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

    Korean

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    Etymology

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    From Middle Chinese 沼 (MC tsyewX). Recorded as Middle Korean 쇼〯 (syǒ) (Yale: syo) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

    Hanja

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    沼 (eumhun 못 소 (mot so))

    1. hanja form? of 소 (“swamp”)
    2. hanja form? of 소 (“pond”)

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    Compounds

    References

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    • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

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    Han character

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    沼: Hán Nôm readings: trẻo

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