湖 — lake
みずうみ
湖
lake
Grade 3
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
12 strokes
nature
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.
Meanings
- lake
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).
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.