泽 zé swamp
swamp; marsh
How to remember 泽: 氵 water + 𠬤 watch over = swamp. Knee-deep in brown water, the hiker asks his guide to watch over him step by step as he crosses the swamp.
Component breakdown
泽 = 氵 water + 𠬤 watch over
- 氵 water
- 𠬤 watch over
Knee-deep in brown water, the hiker asks his guide to watch over him step by step as he crosses the swamp.
How it is used
- A marsh, and by extension moisture/luster and benevolent influence - 沼泽 (zhǎozé) swamp, 光泽 (guāngzé) sheen/luster.
- 恩泽 (ēnzé) means bestowed favor; 泽 is extremely common in given names (毛泽东). Literary.