泽 zé pool; pond; damp
Made up of [氵 shuǐ water radical 85, 又 yòu also; in addition; and radical 29]Made with 8 strokes.
The 'water' radical gives the association with water, the second part gives the phonetic 'ze'
Related characters
Also uses 氵 shuǐ component: 波 bō (wave) 法 fǎ (law) 港 gǎng (harbor) 海 hǎi (sea) 汗 hàn (perspiration) 汉 hàn (chinese) 河 hé (river) 洪 hóng (flood) 湖 hú (lake) 活 huó (to live) 济 jì (to cross a river) 江 jiāng (river) 津 jīn (ferry crossing) 酒 jiǔ (wine) 满 mǎn (to fill) 没 méi (have not) 泡 pào (bubble) 汽 qì (steam) 浅 qiǎn (shallow) 清 qīng (clear) 涉 shè (to wade) 洗 xǐ (to wash) 演 yǎn (to develop) 渔 yú (fishing) 治 zhì (to rule) 洲 zhōu (region)
Also uses 又 yòu component: 报 bào (to announce) 度 dù (to pass) 对 duì (right) 发 fà (to send out) 反 fǎn (contrary) 服 fú (clothes) 汉 hàn (chinese) 欢 huān (merry) 及 jí (and) 鸡 jī (fowl) 艰 jiān (difficult) 难 nán (difficult) 取 qǔ (to take) 圣 shèng (holy) 受 shòu (to receive) 树 shù (tree) 双 shuāng (pair) 友 yǒu (friend) 支 zhī (to support)
Sounds same
则 zé (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous sentence or clause)
Stroke order for character 泽, kindly provided under Wikimedia creative commons license ➚
Cities
菏泽 Heze, ShandongPeople
毛泽东 Mao Zedong江泽民 Jiang Zemin
Proverbs
焚林而畋,竭泽而渔 fén lín ěr tián, jié zé ěr yú Ignoring the consequences竭泽而渔 jié zé ér yú Choose short-term gain for long-term sorrow. Not planning for the long term. Short-termism. Similar to burning down a forest to capture wild animals - unsustainable.