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湖 — 12 strokes / Radical「氵」

道
8Elementary year 3 / 12 strokes / Radical「氵」
On
コこ · ko
Kun
みずうみmizūmi
Meaning
lake

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

氵 (water) + 胡 (phonetic, ko) — a wide body of water: a lake.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onコこko湖水こすい湖沼こしょう湖畔こはん
Kunみずうみmizūmi湖みずうみ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 湖水こすい

    lake water

  • 火口湖かこうこ

    crater lake

More words with this kanji

  • 湖沼こしょう
  • 湖畔こはん
  • 琵琶湖びわこ
  • 宍道湖しんじこ
  • 澎湖ほうこ
  • 湖北こほく

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

湖(みずうみ)の そばを あるきます。

I walk beside the lake.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

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