湖 — lake
みずうみ
湖
lake
みずうみ
U+6E56
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #1344
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #149
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
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Meanings
- lake
Readings
- On'yomi
- こ ko
- Kun'yomi
- みずうみ mizuumi
word
みずうみ mizuumi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
こ ko On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
Words by frequency and grade
4 wordsEach dot is a word containing 湖: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 3 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.
Components
Composed of
Phono-semantic compound (形声). 氵 (water) gives the semantic domain. 胡 (ko, containing 古 old + 月 moon/flesh) provides the sound. A lake — a large body of still water.