湖

Translingual

Han character

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

1. lake
2. Hubei, Hunan
3. bluish-green (blue-green)

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

湖 (jyutping wu4, Yale wu4)

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Japanese

Etymology

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

Noun

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

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

Kanji

湖 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: こ (ko)
• Kun: みずうみ (mizuumi)

Compounds

湖岸 湖沼 湖水 湖底

湖面 塩湖 汽水湖

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

湖 (pinyin hú (hu2), Wade-Giles hu²)

1. lake

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Vietnamese

Han character

湖 (hồ)