Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
lake
Kun:
みずうみ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
1344 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 湖 【コ】 lake (in place names)
  • 湖沼 【コショウ】 lake, marsh, wetland, inland waters
  • 汽水湖 【キスイコ】 brackish lake
  • 塩水湖 【エンスイコ】 saltwater or saline lake

Kun reading compounds

  • 湖 【みずうみ】 lake
  • 白鳥の湖 【はくちょうのみずうみ】 Swan Lake (ballet)
  • 白鳥の湖 【はくちょうのみずうみ】 Swan Lake (ballet)

Readings

Japanese names:
うみ、 み
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hu2
Korean:
ho

Spanish

  • lago

Portuguese

  • lago

French

  • lac
394 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
293 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
276 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1086 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2628 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
573 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
699 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1584 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
467 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
475 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
453 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1220 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
736 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
439 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
551 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
150 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17836 Morohashi
604 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3240 New Nelson (John Haig)
148 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
159 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
396 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
346 2001 Kanji
3a9.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
3712.0 Four corner code
1-24-48 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6e56 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
field
Parts:
paddy ridge, levee
Kun:
あぜくろほとり
On:
ハン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2049 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 畦畔 【ケイハン】 ridge between rice fields, causeway
  • 橋畔 【キョウハン】 approach to a bridge

Kun reading compounds

  • 畦 【あぜ】 ridge of earth between rice fields, ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel, footpath between rice fields, causeway
  • 畔唐菜 【あぜとうな】 Crepidiastrum keiskeanum (species of plant in the daisy family)
  • 畦 【あぜ】 ridge of earth between rice fields, ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel, footpath between rice fields, causeway
  • 辺 【ほとり】 side (esp. of a waterbody), edge, bank, shore

Readings

Japanese names:
ぐろ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pan4
Korean:
ban

Spanish

  • terraplén entre campos de arroz
  • orilla

Portuguese

  • Sulco p/ plantar arroz
  • represa p/ plantar arroz

French

  • levée de terre
  • digue (rizière)
1713 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1804 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3002 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1587 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1541 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1110 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1945 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2134 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1857 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1340 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1472 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
781 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1060 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1212 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21801X Morohashi
1145 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3746 New Nelson (John Haig)
1204 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1288 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1385 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3655 2001 Kanji
5f5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-5 SKIP code
6905.0 Four corner code
1-40-42 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7554 Unicode hex code