Kanji

湖

Meaning

lake

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • はくちょうの みずうみ Swan Lake (ballet)

On'yomi

  • こ はん lakeside
  • こ しょう lake
  • びわ こ Lake Biwa

Practice Writing

Stroke: 1/12

Related Entries

湖 こ
lake (in place names)
湖 みずうみ
lake

Component Analysis

湖
lake
みずうみ, コ
氵
( 水 ) water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
胡
barbarian, foreign
なんぞ, ウ, コ
古
old
ふる.い, ふる-, コ
十
ten
とお, と, ジュウ
口
mouth
くち, コウ, ク
月
month, moon
つき, ゲツ, ガツ

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