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.