Onyomi: コ · Kunyomi: みずうみ · Meanings: lake
Kanji for lake
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湖 is made from the water radical 氵 on the left and 胡 on the right. 氵 represents water or liquid. 胡 here works as a sound and also suggests something large or broad. Together, they describe a large body of water. From this image, 湖 came to mean a lake.
湖 is a large body of water, a lake.
Imagine a wide, calm body of water (氵) spreading out peacefully. That big water scene is 湖, a lake.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 湖 | みずうみ | lake | common JLPT-N4 Noun |
| 湖 | こ | lake (in place names) | Suffix |
| 湖畔 | こはん | lakeside, lakeshore, lakefront | common Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 湖水 | こすい | lake, lake water | Noun |
| 湖岸 | こがん | lakeshore, lakeside | Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 湖上 | こじょう | on the lake | Noun |
| 湖面 | こめん | lake surface | Noun |
| 湖沼 | こしょう | lake, marsh, wetland, inland waters | common Noun |
| 湖底 | こてい | bottom of a lake | Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 湖北 | こほく | north of a lake, north of Lake Biwa | Noun |