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池

pond
Stroke count: 6

Readings

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JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 2

Meanings

  1. pondRtK
    彼は池の水をじっと見ていた。He was contemplating the water of the pond.tatoeba
    彼は池の向こう側から私を呼んだ。He called me from across the pond.tatoeba
  2. cistern
  3. pool
  4. reservoir

Popular Usage

乾電池

Radicals and components

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Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · scorpion

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 555

Compound words

乾電池かんでんち
dry cell battery
池田菊苗いけだきくなえ
Kikunae Ikeda (1864–1936), chemist who identified umami as a taste and isolated glutamate.
電池でんち
battery; cell
蓄電池ちくでんち
storage battery
貯水池ちょすいち
reservoir
太陽電池たいようでんち
solar cell
電池切れでんちぎれ
running out of battery; battery depletion; going flat; going dead; loss of energy
印池いんち
seal stamp pad
硯池けんち
inkstone well
古池ふるいけ
old pool
池沼ちしょう
ponds and swamps
池亭ちてい
arbor (arbour, bower) by a lake
池汀ちてい
shore of a pond
池塘ちとう
bank (of a pond)
池畔ちはん
near the pond
池溏ちとう
bank (of a pond)
瑶池ようち
beautiful pond
光電池こうでんち
photovoltaic cell
湿電池しつでんち
wet cell battery
人工池じんこういけ
artificial pool
池蝶貝いけちょうがい
Hyriopsis schlegelii (species of freshwater mussel)
酒池肉林しゅちにくりん
sumptuous feast
池魚の殃ちぎょのわざわい
collateral damage
池田銀行いけだぎんこう
Ikeda Bank

Additional Examples

彼は池で溺れそうになっている子どもを助けた。
He saved a child from drowning in a pond.tatoeba
彼は石を池に投げた。
He threw a stone into the pond.tatoeba

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 池

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