沼 Strokes Write it Listen 沼 zhǎo lake, pond, swamp HSK 7–9 8 strokes Radical 氵 Sound + meaning 1 word Built from氵meaningshuǐwater召soundzhàoimperial decree; to summon, to call, to beckon How it works氵 hints at the meaning (water), and 召 zhào hints at the sound.