池

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𠲨, 𨦥, 𪢏, 𩶴, 𫇻, 筂, 𦈳

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		池
simp. #		池

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 池
Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (也) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
他	*l̥ʰaːl
拖	*l̥ʰaːl, *l̥ʰaːls
駞	*l'aːl
池	*l'aːl, *l'al
灺	*ljalʔ
鍦	*ɦljaːl, *hljal, *hljals
虵	*ɦljal, *laːlʔ, *lal
也	*laːlʔ
忚	*hleːl
髢	*l'eːls
杝	*l̥ʰalʔ, *l'alʔ, *lal
肔	*l̥ʰalʔ, *lalʔ
馳	*l'al
阤	*l'alʔ, *hljalʔ
施	*hljal, *hljals
絁	*hljal
葹	*hljal
弛	*hljalʔ
箷	*lal
衪	*lel, *lalʔ
暆	*lel
迆	*lal, *lalʔ
酏	*lal, *lalʔ
匜	*lal, *lalʔ
迤	*lalʔ
扡	*lalʔ
崺	*lalʔ
貤	*lals, *ɦljels, *lels
地	*l'els

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'aːl, *l'al) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 也 (OC *laːlʔ).

Etymology

Perhaps a Sino-Tibetan word; compare Proto-Kuki-Chin *lii (“pool; lake; pond”), whence Mizo li (“quiet, deep pool”) (STEDT).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 池

1. pool; pond
2. moat
3. cistern
4. a surname

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

池

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. lake, moat
2. object used for storage

Readings

• Go-on: じ (ji)^{←ぢ (di, historical)}; だ (da)
• Kan-on: ち (chi, Jōyō); た (ta)
• Kun: いけ (ike, 池, Jōyō)

Compounds

Compounds

• 池(ち)魚(ぎょ) (chigyo)
• 池(ち)水(すい) (chisui)
• 池(ち)沼(しょう) (chishō)
• 池(ち)泉(せん) (chisen)
• 池(ち)亭(てい) (chitei)
• 池(ち)汀(てい) (chitei)
• 池(ち)頭(とう) (chitō)
• 池(ち)畔(なん) (chinan)
• 印(いん)池(ち) (inchi)
• 園(えん)池(ち), 苑(えん)池(ち) (enchi)
• 金(きん)城(じょう)湯(とう)池(ち) (kinjōtōchi)
• 酒(しゅ)池(ち)肉(にく)林(りん) (shuchinikurin)
• 城(じょう)池(ち) (jōchi)
• 滇(てん)池(ち) (Tenchi)
• 電(でん)池(ち) (denchi)
• 肉(にく)池(ち) (nikuchi)
• 墨(ぼく)池(ち) (bokuchi)
• 瑶(よう)池(ち) (yōchi)
• 貯(ちょう)水(すい)池(ち) (chōsuichi)
• 養(よう)魚(ぎょ)池(ち) (yōgyochi)
• 養(よう)殖(しょく)池(ち) (yōshokuchi)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
池
いけ Grade: 2
kun'yomi

First attested in the Wamyō Ruijushō (938 CE).

Noun

池(いけ) • (ike) 

1. a pond (small lake or pool)

   池(いけ)を乾(ほ)す

   ike o hosu

   drain a pond

2. a pool (small amount of liquid in a surface)
3. (calligraphy) part of an inkstone where water is stored

   Synonym: 海 (umi)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 池(いけ)袋(ぶくろ) (Ikebukuro)
• 内池(うちいけ) (uchiike)
• 涸(か)れ池(いけ) (kareike)
• 枯(か)れ池(いけ) (kareike)
• 心(こころ)の池(いけ) (kokoro no ike)
• 猿(さる)沢(さわの)池(いけ) (Sarusawa-no-ike)
• 人工(じんこう)池(いけ) (jinkō ike)
• 溜(た)め池(いけ) (tameike)
• 溜池(てめいけ) (temeike)
• 古池(ふるいけ) (furuike)
• 用水(ようすい)池(いけ) (yōsui ike)

Proverbs

• 池(いけ)に落(お)ちた犬(いぬ)はたたけ (ike ni ochita inu wa tatake)

See also

• 硯(すずり) (suzuri, “inkstone”)
• 堀(ほり) (hori, “moat”)

Proper noun

池(いけ) • (Ike) 

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
池
ち Grade: 2
kan'on

/tʲie/ → /ti/ → /t͡ɕi/

From Middle Chinese 池 (MC drje).

Used in Old Japanese as 借音 (shakuon) kana for ⟨ti⟩ in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE).

Proper noun

池(ち) • (Chi) 

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Korean

Etymology 1

Hanja

池 (eumhun 연못 지 (yeonmot ji))

1. pool, pond

Etymology 2

Hanja

池 (eumhun 이름 타 (ireum ta))

1. a surname

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 池 (trì, đìa, trầy, trề, tri, thế)

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