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Kanji Detail for 池 - "pond, pool"

池

  • Meaning

    池 means "pond, pool." Also associated with moat.

    1. Pond - A body of still water smaller than a lake.

    2. Pool - A small body of water; a reservoir.

    3. Moat - A water-filled ditch surrounding a structure.

  • Words using 池

    • 電池 でんち Listen battery; cell
    • 太陽電池 たいようでんち Listen solar cell
    • 乾電池 かんでんち Listen dry cell battery
    • 電池切れ でんちぎれ Listen running out of battery; battery depletion; going flat

  • Four-character idioms with 池

    • 酒池肉林 しゅちにくりん Listen sumptuous feast; debauch
    • 金城湯池 きんじょうとうち Listen an impregnable fortress; an unassailable territory

  • Tattoo check: 池

    • Verified meaning: pond, pool
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いけ, いけさき, いけざき, いけすえ)
    • Also carries these associations: moat

    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 池

    Surnames 池(いけ)Listen 池(いけさき)Listen 池(いけざき)Listen 池(いけすえ)Listen 池(いけずえ)Listen 池(いけの)Listen 池(いけまつ)Listen 池(ち)Listen 池(つるいけ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    pond; cistern; pool; reservoir

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    pool, pond; moat; cistern

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Chi

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    pool, pond; moat; cistern

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

    City moat. What is commonly called a protective moat around a city. | Still water is called 池 (pond). As in lotus pond (荷池), fish pond (魚池).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    chi(チ) チ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ike(いけ) いけ

  • Strokes

    tip

    6 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    pond pool moat ditch inkstone basin reservoir water irrigation fountain fish garden lagoon

Sentences including 池

  • I got a new battery put in my watch yesterday.

  • There are a lot of fish in the pond.

  • We saw a lot of live fish in the pond.

  • How long will this battery last?

  • I'm looking for batteries.

  • There is little water in the pond.

  • There's a beautiful bridge over the pond.

  • As a boy , i used to swim in the pond.

  • There is a small pond in our garden.

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