■ radical

zé

marsh

How it’s built

Simplified form of 澤. Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 睪 represents the sound.

氵

meaning

water — 氵 is a component form of 水.

睪

sound

spy on — The pronunciation of 澤 was similar to 睪 in old Chinese, but they no longer sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes.

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