zhǎo

pond

pool

water (氵) + sound (召) = pond or pool

召 lends the sound zhào/zhǎo; the water radical (氵) carries the meaning, pointing to a body of still water. A pond or marsh is simply water that gathers and stays.

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这片泽里住着很多青蛙。

zhè piàn zhǎo zé lǐ zhù zhe hěn duō qīng wā。

Many frogs live in this swamp.

农村用气做饭既便宜又环保。

nóng cūn yòng zhǎo qì zuò fàn jì pián yi yòu huán bǎo。

Using biogas to cook in the countryside is both cheap and environmentally friendly.

Words with 沼

日本沼虾

rì běn zhǎo xiā

oriental river prawn (Macrobrachium nipponense), a species of freshwater shrimp, also called 青蝦|青虾[qing1 xia1]

池沼

chí zhǎo

pool

沼气

zhǎo qì

marsh gas

沼泽大尾莺

zhǎo zé dà wěi yīng

(bird species of China) striated grassbird (Megalurus palustris)

沼泽

zhǎo zé

marsh

沼泽地

zhǎo zé dì

marsh

沼泽地带

zhǎo zé dì dài

marsh

沼泽山雀

zhǎo zé shān què

(bird species of China) marsh tit (Poecile palustris)

沼狸

zhǎo lí

meerkat

沼狸

zhǎo li

see 狐獴[hu2 meng3]

泥沼

ní zhǎo

swamp

湖沼

hú zhǎo

lakes and marshes

More characters with 氵