漢字道KANJIDO

12 strokesRadical

8Elementary year 312 strokesRadical
On
Kun
みずうみ
Meaning
lake

Origin

ORIGIN

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

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

湖水・湖沼・湖畔
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

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

湖の そばを あるきます。

I walk beside the lake.

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