Taxonomy of meanings for 沼:　　

  • 沼 zhǎo (OC: kljewʔ MC: tɕiɛu) 之少切 上 廣韻：【池沼之少切三 】
    • LAKE
      • nnon-artificial lake; (uninhabitable) marshlands
    • POND
      • npool; pond
    • WATER

      Additional information about 沼

      說文解字: 【沼】，池水。 〔小徐本作「池也」。〕 从水、召聲。 【之少切】

        Criteria
      • POND

        1. The most common word for an artificial lake of any kind is chí 池, and this word typically refers to a meandering lake, sometimes close in shape to a moat, particularly round elevated terraces and the like, around gardens and orchards, but also as part of palaces.

        2. Zhǎo 沼 is an elevated word referring to elaborate artificial lakes in or near palaces and the like, although the word can also come to refer more generally to natural lakes and marshlands.

        Word relations
      • Assoc: (POND)池/POND The most common word for an artificial lake of any kind is chí 池, and this word typically refers to a meandering lake, sometimes close in shape to a moat, particularly round elevated terraces and the like, around gardens and orchards, but also as part of palaces.