漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
池: pond, cistern
Also: pool, reservoir
JLPT N26 strokesGrade 2Your ink: 白 Not met
氵 carries the meaning · 也 gives the sound
6 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
チchi · on'yomi · in compounds
- 電池でんちbattery
- 貯水池ちょすいちreservoir
- 用水池ようすいちwater reservoir
- 乾電池かんでんち
- 太陽電池たいようでんちsolar cell
- 電池切れでんちぎれrunning out of battery; battery depletion
いけike · kun'yomi · on its own
- 池いけpond
- 古池ふるいけold pond
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine three raindrops falling—that's sanzui! Whenever you see these three dots on the left side of a kanji, think of water, liquids, or anything that flows.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side池 pond · 也
vs氾 spread out · 卩In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · chí
Same form: 池 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 池 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 池 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin chí most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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