Kanji 池

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ: いけ

画数かくすう: 6 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: ⺡(さんずい)

Meaning

Pond — a small body of still water.

  • 電池でんち — battery
  • 池田いけだ — Ikeda (name)
  • 古池ふるいけ — old pond
  • 園池えんち — garden pond

The left radical ⺡ indicates water. The right part combines sound and shape elements, hinting at a collection of water. Altogether, it suggests a small body of water like a pond or reservoir.

いけさかなが います。
There are fish in the pond.

ふるいけしずかで うつくしい。
The old pond is quiet and beautiful.

電
Creates
電池でんち — battery
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