TSUMUGU · TOCFL 6 (est.) · 字
沼
沼 ＝ 氵 ＋ 召
ㄓㄠˇ · zhǎo
noun — a pond, pool; a marsh
字源 FORM — what the parts do
氵義water
Tzhào → zhǎo — only the tone dips
Water (氵) plus the sound 召 (zhào, tone dipped to zhǎo) — a standing pool, a pond. Where the water sits still and the reeds grow in, it is a marsh: 沼澤, 池沼.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一窪水（氵）停在那裡，不流，邊上長著草——沼。
A pool of water (氵) sits there, not flowing, grass at its edge — 沼.
字源
意 · Meanings
(本義)池沼、水塘— pond, pool常用
→沼澤— marsh, swamp
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension