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池

池 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 帯状に長く伸びた溝やいけ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「水」+音符「它」。「いけ」を意味する漢語｛池｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

pond, cistern, pool, reservoir

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • チElem.
Kun (native)
  • いけElem.
Other languages
  • 拼音chi2
  • 한글ji
  • 한글ta
  • Hán-ViệtTrì

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
6 strokes
Radical
水(みず)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 3
Unicode
U+6C60

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰氵也

Words using this kanji

  • 池いけ（いけ）陸地に囲まれた水域のうち、規模の小さいもの。 （いけ）日本人の姓の一つ。pond
  • 池畔ちはんnear the pond, edge of a pond
  • 池沼ちしょう池と沼。 知的障害者に対する非常に強い蔑称。単に相手を揶揄する卑罵語としても用いられる。ponds and swamps, retard, mentally disabled person
  • 池亭ちてい池のほとりにある東屋。arbor (arbour, bower) by a lake
  • 池泉ちせん池と泉。 庭に設置される池。庭池。garden pond
  • 池水ちすい池の水。pond water, pond
  • 池汀ちていshore of a pond, pond bank
  • 池様いけさまgood-looking guy, handsome man
  • 池塘ちとう湿原の泥炭層にできる池沼。 池の堤。bank (of a pond), small lake (in a high moor; oft. with unique biota), natural pond (in peat-rich wetland)
  • 池魚ちぎょpond fish
  • 池坊いけのぼうIkenobō, Ikenobō (school of ikebana)
  • 池蝶貝いけちょうがいHyriopsis schlegelii (species of freshwater mussel)
  • 池魚の殃ちぎょのわざわいcollateral damage, getting embroiled in someone else's dispute, having a fire spread to one's own house
  • 池田銀行いけだぎんこうIkeda Bank
  • 池泉回遊式ちせんかいゆうしきstyle of garden that features a path around a pond
  • 池谷・関彗星いけやせきすいせいComet Ikeya-Seki
  • 池田町立美術館いけだちょうりつびじゅつかんIkeda Public Museum of Art

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-3
Four Corner
3411.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3a3.4
Heisig
555
Nelson
2489