Dong Chinese dictionary

zé

marsh

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 睪 represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

睪 Sound component

yì

spy on

澤 and 睪 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.澤 /*lˤrak/
睪 /*laːɡ/

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

zé

marsh, swamp; grace, brilliance; damp, moist; fertile; pool; pond; (of metals etc) luster; favor or beneficence; damp; moist

Most common words with 澤

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	毛泽东	Mao Zedong (1893-1976), Chinese communist leader
	新泽西	New Jersey, US state
	泽	pool
	毛泽东思想	Maoism
	沼泽	marsh

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