湖

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 3.3 Kanji 3.3.1 Readings 3.3.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Hanzi 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

湖 (radical 85 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水十口月 (EJRB), four-corner 3712₀, composition ⿰氵胡)

1. a lake
2. Hubei, Hunan
3. bluish-green

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 637, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17836
• Dae Jaweon: page 1044, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1669, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6E56

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

湖 (Yale wu4)

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[edit] Etymology

Compound of mizu (“‘water’”) and umi (“‘ocean’”)

[edit] Noun

湖 (hiragana みずうみ, romaji mizuumi, historical hiragana みづうみ)

1. a body of water surround by land; a lake

[edit] Kanji

湖 (grade 3 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: こ (ko)
• Kun: みずうみ (mizuumi)

[edit] Compounds

湖岸 湖沼 湖水 湖底

湖面 塩湖 汽水湖

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

湖 (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune-Reischauer ho, Yale ho)

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[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Hanzi

湖 (pinyin hú (hu2), Wade-Giles hu²)

1. lake

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

湖 (hồ)