池
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pond; reservoir; moat
- HSK 3.0
- Level 5
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 水 +3
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 池
- Common rank
- #843
- Unicode
- U+6C60
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
pond · Heisig RSH #508
水 water + scorpion + a drop of
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 池
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 长白山天池 | Changbaishan Tianchi, volcanic crater lake on the border between China and North Korea | |
| 小池百合子 | KOIKE Yuriko (1952-), Japanese LDP politician, minister of defense during 2008 | |
| 一号电池 | D size battery | |
| 五大连池市 | Wudalianchi, a county-level city in Heihe City 黑河市[Hei1 he2 Shi4], Heilongjiang | |
| 三号电池 | C size battery (PRC) (Taiwan equivalent: 二號電池|二号电池[er4 hao4 dian4 chi2]); AA battery (Tw) … | |
| 花池子 | flower bed | |
| 太阳电池板 | solar panel | |
| 太阳能电池 | solar cell | |
| 池中物 | person of no particular talent | |
| 太阳电池 | solar cell | |
| 神池县 | Shenchi, a county in Xinzhou City 忻州市[Xin1 zhou1 Shi4], Shanxi | |
| 二号电池 | (Tw) C size battery (PRC equivalent: 三號電池|三号电池[san1 hao4 dian4 chi2]) | |
| 河池市 | Hechi, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guang3 xi… | |
| 池州市 | Chizhou, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省[An1 hui1 Sheng3] | |
| 四号电池 | AAA battery (Tw); PRC equivalent: 七號電池|七号电池[qi1 hao4 dian4 chi2] | |
| 五号电池 | AA battery (PRC); Taiwan equivalent: 三號電池|三号电池[san1 hao4 dian4 chi2] | |
| 五大连池 | see 五大連池市|五大连池市[Wu3 da4 lian2 chi2 Shi4] | |
| 高城深池 | high walls and deep moat (idiom); impenetrable defense | |
| 华池县 | Huachi, a county in Qingyang City 慶陽市|庆阳市[Qing4 yang2 Shi4], Gansu | |
| 原电池 | primary cell; non-rechargeable battery |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 也 — compare how they read.