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泽

澤
zé
noun #9,147

Meanings

  1. 1 marsh; swamp; wetland
  2. 2 luster; sheen; gloss
  3. 3 grace; favor; kindness
  4. 4 (literary) to moisten; to enrich

Examples

这片湖泽风景优美。
Zhè piàn húzé fēngjǐng yōuměi.
This lake and marshland has beautiful scenery.
他的头发很有光泽。
Tā de tóufa hěn yǒu guāngzé.
His hair has a nice sheen.
恩泽百姓。
Ēnzé bǎixìng.
To bestow grace upon the people.

Tips

usage
泽 rarely appears alone in modern Chinese. It's most common in compounds: 光泽 (luster), 沼泽 (swamp), 润泽 (moist), or in names.
memory
The water radical 氵 plus 择 (choose) — where water chooses to gather, a marsh forms.

In Pop Culture

毛泽东 Máo Zédōng
Mao Zedong
founding leader of the PRC — 泽 means 'grace' in his name
泽连斯基 Zélián Sījī
Zelenskyy
Ukrainian president — transliteration using 泽

Stroke Order

泽 zé