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Kanji Detail for 湖 - "lake"

湖

  • Meaning

    湖 means "lake." Also associated with reservoir.

    1. Lake - A large body of fresh water.

    2. Pond - An inland body of water.

  • Words using 湖

    • 湖畔 こはん Listen lakeside; lakeshore; lakefront
    • 湖沼 こしょう Listen lake; marsh; wetland
    • 琵琶湖 びわこ Listen Lake Biwa; Biwako

  • Tattoo check: 湖

    • Verified meaning: lake
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いずみ, うみ, こ, こさき)
    • Also carries these associations: reservoir

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 湖

    Given names 湖(いずみ)Listen 湖(うみ)Listen 湖(こ)Listen 湖(しずか)Listen 湖(みずうみ)Listen 湖(れいく)Listen

    Surnames 湖(こさき)Listen 湖(こすい)Listen 湖(ひろし)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    lake

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    a lake; Hubei, Hunan; bluish-green

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    lake

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    lake; Hubei, Hunan; bluish-green

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A large marsh that stores still fresh water. In the south it is called 湖 (lake). In the north it is called 泊 (bo) or 淀 (dian).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ko(コ) コ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    mizuumi(みずうみ) みずうみ

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    lake reservoir water pond shore dam fresh scenery tranquility nature

Sentences including 湖

  • I would often go fishing on the lake.

  • I went skating on the lake.

  • How deep this lake is !

  • The lake is ten miles about.

  • We came in view of the lake.

  • There are beautiful lakes here and there.

  • This lake is deepest at this point.

  • What do you say to driving to the lake?

  • We sometimes swim in the lake.

  • Having walked for some time , we came to the lake.

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