EntryCommonWaniKani 43
  1. Noun

    bog; marsh; swamp; quagmire; morass

    私たちは書類事務の泥沼に陥っていた。
    We were bogged down in a morass of paperwork.
  2. quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio

Also written ドロ沼【ドロぬま】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

mud, mire, adhere to, be attached to

Kun
どろなず.む
On
デイナイ
Strokes
8
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1589 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 31

Built from

Used in names as

ひじ

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-5SKIP code
3a5.29The Kanji Dictionary
3711.2Four corner code
356deroo
6ce5Unicode hex code
1-37-05JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2533Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3105New Nelson (John Haig)
326New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
384Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
241Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
288Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1055Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1135Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1480A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
594Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1840Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
17311Morohashi
1623A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1621Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1729Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
679Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1202Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1493Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1176Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1064Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ni2, ni4Pinyin reading
niKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
31WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

marsh, lake, bog, swamp, pond

Kun
ぬま
On
ショウ
Strokes
8
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1467 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 43

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-5SKIP code
3a5.24The Kanji Dictionary
3716.2Four corner code
377deroo
6cbcUnicode hex code
1-30-34JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2521Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3091New Nelson (John Haig)
339New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
398Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
254Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
302Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
137Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
145Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1150A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
595Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1175Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
17257Morohashi
1395A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
996Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1033Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1463Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1201Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1842Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1173Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
139Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhao3Pinyin reading
soKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
43WaniKani level