池 — pond, pool, cistern
いけ
池
pond
Grade 2
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
6 strokes
nature
U+6C60
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #827
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #516
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Meanings
- pond
- pool
- cistern
word
いけ ike 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).
ち chi On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
Appears in idioms
Components
Composed of
Phono-semantic compound (形声). 氵 (water) signals the meaning domain. 也 (ya/chi) provides the phonetic reading. A pond — a contained body of water.