沢 = 氵 + 尺

沢 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “marsh”. It is built from 氵 (water) and 尺 (chinese measure approx. 'foot').

Keyword: marsh
Pinyin (Mandarin): zé
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: marsh, swamp, болото, swamp
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 沢 swamp

Decomposition

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氵 water
尺 chinese measure approx. 'foot'

How to find 沢 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “chinese measure approx. 'foot'”. 沢 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 沢 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.