Zé (沢) means grace or marsh, and is commonly seen in place names and personal names.
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culture
沢 is the Japanese shinjitai (simplified) form of the traditional Chinese character 澤 (zé), which in simplified Chinese is written 泽. In Chinese contexts, 沢 appears mainly in Japanese loanwords, place names (e.g. 金沢 Kanazawa), or names.
usage
In Chinese, 泽 (the simplified form of 澤) is the standard character. 沢 is Japanese and would not normally appear in standard Chinese text.