池

Translingual

Han character

池 (radical 85 水+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 水心木 (EPD), four-corner 3411₂, composition ⿰氵也)

See also

• 罁

References

• KangXi: page 606, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17141
• Dae Jaweon: page 1000, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1555, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6C60

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		池

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chí (chi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): chhṳ̀
• Min Dong (BUC): diè/dò̤
• Min Nan (POJ): tî
• Wu (WT Romanisation): zr (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: chí
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˊ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ih²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyr
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/

    • (file)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci⁴
    • Yale: chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̀
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /t͡sʰɨ¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: diè/dò̤
    • IPA ^(key): /tie⁵³/, /to⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tî
    • Tâi-lô: tî
    • IPA (Taipei): /ti²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: zr (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /z̻z̩²³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (池, reconstructed)
Character (池), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 澄 (11) Final: 支 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 直離切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɖiᴇ/	/ȡʱie̯/	/ȡie/	/ɖiɛ/	/ɖiə̆/	/ȡǐe/	/ȡjɛ/
Character (池), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 定 (7) Final: 歌 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 徒河切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/dɑ/	/dʱɑ/	/dɑ/	/dɑ/	/da/	/dɑ/	/dɑ/

Old Chinese pronunciation (池, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
池								chí								‹ drje ›								/*Cə.lraj/								pool (n.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
池					14769					也					歌					1					駝					/*l'aːl/
池					14779					也					歌					1					馳					/*l'al/

Definitions

池

1. pool, pond
2. moat
3. cistern

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Japanese

Kanji

池

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: ち (chi), た (ta) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kun: いけ (ike)

Compounds

Compounds of 池

池袋 (ikebukuro) 地水 (chisui) 池沼 (chishō) 地泉 (chisen) 池亭 (chitei) 池畔 (chinan) 印池 (inchi) 園地 (enchi) 苑池 (enchi) 内池 (uchiike) 城池 (jōchi) 溜池 (temeike)

電池 (denchi) 肉池 (nikuchi) 墨池 (bokuchi) 古池 (furuike) 瑶池 (yōchi) 人工池 (jinkōke) 貯水池 (chosuichi) 養魚池 (yōgyochi) 養殖池 (yōshokuchi) 用水池 (yōsuiike) 金城湯池 (kinjōtōchi) 酒池肉林 (shuchinikurin)

Noun

池 (hiragana いけ, romaji ike)

1. pond, small lake, pool

   池 (いけ)を乾 (ほ)す

   ike o hosu

   drain a pond

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Korean

Hanja

池 (ji, ta) (hangeul 지, 타, revised ji, ta, McCune-Reischauer chi, t'a, Yale ci, tha)

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Vietnamese

Han character

池 (trì, đìa, trầy, trề, tri)

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