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湖

湖 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. みずうみ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「水」+音符「胡」。「みずうみ」を意味する漢語｛湖｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

lake

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • コElem.
Kun (native)
  • みずうみElem.
Nanori (used in names)
  • うみ
  • み
Other languages
  • 拼音hu2
  • 한글ho
  • Hán-ViệtHồ

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

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
水(みず)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+6E56

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰氵胡

Words using this kanji

  • 湖みずうみ（みずうみ） 陸地に囲まれた水域のうち、巨大なもの。lake
  • 湖畔こはんlakeside, lakeshore, lakefront
  • 湖沼こしょう湖と沼。lake, marsh, wetland, inland waters
  • 湖水こすいlake, lake water
  • 湖岸こがん湖の岸やほとり。lakeshore, lakeside
  • 湖底こてい湖の底。bottom of a lake
  • 湖こ（みずうみ） 陸地に囲まれた水域のうち、巨大なもの。lake (in place names)
  • 湖上こじょう湖の水面や湖のほとり。on the lake
  • 湖面こめん湖の水面。lake surface
  • 湖心こしん湖の中心、中央。center of a lake (centre), middle of a lake
  • 湖口ここうlake inlet
  • 湖風こふう湖の周辺で起こる湖から陸地に向かう風。lake wind, lake breeze
  • 湖北こほく湖の北側。日本では、琵琶湖の北側を指すことが多い。north of a lake, north of Lake Biwa
  • 湖沼学こしょうがくlimnology
  • 湖沼型こしょうがたlake type (i.e. eutrophic, dystrophic, oligotrophic)
  • 湖北省こほくしょう中華人民共和国中部の長江中流域にある省。省都は武漢。Hubei Province (China)
  • 湖南省こなんしょうHunan Province (China)
  • 湖水爆発こすいばくはつlimnic eruption
  • 湖南大学こなみだいがくHunan University, HNU
  • 湖北大学こほくだいがくHubei University

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-9
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3712.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3a9.8
Heisig
159
Nelson
2628