沼 means “marsh, swamp”

ぬま · numa

Also: lake, bog

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ぬま

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ショウ

Taught in secondary school · 8 strokes

The story

Quiet marshes home rare birds and ancient plants, nature's hidden sanctuary.

Often depicted in traditional landscape paintings

Its parts

• 氵 Water · Left side
• 召 Summon/call · Right side

Water (氵) that calls (召) you in: a swamp

Kanji that look like 沼

• 池 (pond): 池 has 也 on the right, 沼 has 召; both are water bodies but different characters

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• 岸 shore
• 崖 cliff
• 庭 garden
• 枝 branch
• 根 root
• 樹 tree
• 桜 cherry blossom
• 嵐 storm
• 霧 fog
• 雨 rain
• 木 tree

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.