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池

池 U+6C60, 池
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C60
← 江
[U+6C5F] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 污 →
[U+6C61]

Translingual

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Stroke order
 

Han character

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池 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 水心木 (EPD), four-corner 34112, composition ⿰氵也)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 606, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17141
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1000, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1555, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+6C60

Chinese

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trad. 池
simp. # 池

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 池
Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Transcribed ancient scripts
 
Characters in the same phonetic series (也) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
他 *l̥ʰaːl
拖 *l̥ʰaːl, *l̥ʰaːls
駞 *l'aːl
池 *l'aːl, *l'al
灺 *ljalʔ
鍦 *ɦljaːl, *hljal, *hljals
虵 *ɦljal, *laːlʔ, *lal
也 *laːlʔ
忚 *hleːl
髢 *l'eːls
杝 *l̥ʰalʔ, *l'alʔ, *lal
肔 *l̥ʰalʔ, *lalʔ
馳 *l'al
阤 *l'alʔ, *hljalʔ
施 *hljal, *hljals
絁 *hljal
葹 *hljal
弛 *hljalʔ
箷 *lal
衪 *lel, *lalʔ
暆 *lel
迆 *lal, *lalʔ
酏 *lal, *lalʔ
匜 *lal, *lalʔ
迤 *lalʔ
扡 *lalʔ
崺 *lalʔ
貤 *lals, *ɦljels, *lels
地 *l'els

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l'aːl, *l'al) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 也 (OC *laːlʔ).

Etymology 1

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Perhaps a Sino-Tibetan word; compare Proto-Kuki-Chin *lii (“pool; lake; pond”), whence Mizo li (“quiet, deep pool”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 池
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 澄 (11)
Final (韻) 支 (13)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 直離切
Baxter drje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɖˠiᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɖᵚiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȡiɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɖjiə̆/
Li
Rong 		/ȡje/
Wang
Li 		/ȡǐe/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ȡʱie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		chí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ci4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 池
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		chí
Middle
Chinese 		‹ drje ›
Old
Chinese 		/*Cə.lraj/
English pool (n.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 池
Reading # 2/2
No. 14779
Phonetic
component 		也
Rime
group 		歌
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		馳
Old
Chinese 		/*l'al/

Definitions

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池

  1. pool; pond
  2. moat
  3. cistern
  4. (computing) pool
  5. a surname
Synonyms
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  • (pond):
Dialectal synonyms of 池塘 (“pond”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 池沼
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 池子
Taiwan 池塘
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 池子, 灣
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 池子
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 池子
Xi'an 澇子, 池子
Xining 池子
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 池子
Ürümqi 池子
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 池塘
Wuhan 塘, 池子, 淌子 small
Guiyang 塘
Liuzhou 塘
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 塘, 池塘
Yangzhou 塘, 池子
Hefei 塘
Cantonese Guangzhou 塘
Hong Kong 池塘, 塘
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 塘
Macau 塘
Guangzhou (Panyu) 塘
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 塘
Guangzhou (Conghua) 塘
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 池塘
Foshan 塘
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 塘
Foshan (Shunde) 塘
Foshan (Sanshui) 塘
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 塘
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 塘
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 塘
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 塘
Zhuhai (Doumen) 塘
Jiangmen (Baisha) 塘
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 塘
Taishan 眼塘
Kaiping (Chikan) 塘
Enping (Niujiang) 眼塘
Heshan (Yayao) 塘
Dongguan 塘
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 池塘
Yangjiang 塘
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 水塘
Gan Nanchang 塘
Pingxiang 塘, 池塘
Hakka Meixian 塘, 池塘, 陂塘
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 池塘
Dongguan (Qingxi) 塘
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 池塘
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 塘
Heyuan (Bendihua) 塘
Wengyuan 水塘
Liannan 塘
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 池塘
Jiexi 塘
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 塘
Changting 塘
Wuping (Yanqian) 塘
Ninghua 塘
Yudu 塘
Ningdu 塘
Tonggu (Sandu) 塘
Ganzhou (Panlong) 塘
Dayu 塘
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 陂塘
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 陂塘
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 陂塘
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 陂塘
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 陂塘
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 陂塘
Hong Kong 池塘
Yangxi (Tangkou) 塘
Yangchun (Sanjia) 塘
Xinyi (Sihe) 塘
Xinyi (Qianpai) 水塘
Gaozhou (Xindong) 塘水
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 塘
Huazhou (Xin'an) 塘水
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 塘
Lianjiang (Qingping) 塘
Mengshan (Xihe) 塘
Luchuan 塘
Huizhou Jixi 塘
Jin Taiyuan 水池子, 池塘
Northern Min Jian'ou 塘, 池
Eastern Min Fuzhou 池
Southern Min Xiamen 池, 潭仔
Chaozhou 池
Jieyang 池
Bangkok (Teochew) 水塘
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 池
Haikou 塘
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 塘
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 塘
Wu Shanghai 池塘, 塘, 水塘
Shanghai (Chongming) 池塘
Suzhou 池塘, 池潭 small, 塘
Hangzhou 池塘
Ningbo 池塘
Wenzhou 池, 池兒, 池塘
Jinhua 塘
Xiang Changsha 塘
Loudi 塘
Shuangfeng 塘, 池子
  • (moat):

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 池
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 歌 (94)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 徒河切
Baxter da
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/dɑ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/dɑ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/dɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/da/
Li
Rong 		/dɑ/
Wang
Li 		/dɑ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/dʱɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		tuó
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		to4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 池
Reading # 1/2
No. 14769
Phonetic
component 		也
Rime
group 		歌
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		駝
Old
Chinese 		/*l'aːl/

Definitions

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池

  1. Only used in 虖池／呼池 (“Hutuo River”).

References

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Kanji

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池

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. pond, lake, moat
    • 1686, Matsuo Bashō, Haru no Hi:
      古池(ふるいけ)や蛙飛(かわずと)び込(こ)む水(みず)の音(おと)
      furuike ya kawazu tobi-komu mizu no oto
      The old pond; A frog jumps in — The sound of the water.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. object used for storage

Readings

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  • Go-on: じ (ji)←ぢ (di, historical)、だ (da)
  • Kan-on: ち (chi, Jōyō)、た (ta)
  • Kun: いけ (ike, 池, Jōyō)

Compounds

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Compounds

Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
池
いけ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 池 – see the following entry.
【いけ】
[noun] 池: a pond (small lake or pool)
[noun] 池: a pool (small amount of liquid in a surface)
[noun] 池: (calligraphy) part of an inkstone where water is stored
[proper noun] a surname
(This term, 池, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
池
ち
Grade: 2
kan'on

/tʲie/ → /ti/ → /t͡ɕi/

From Middle Chinese 池 (MC drje).

Used in Old Japanese as 借音 (shakuon) kana for ⟨ti⟩ in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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池(ち) • (Chi) 

  1. a surname

Korean

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Etymology 1

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Hanja

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池 (eumhun 연못 지 (yeonmot ji))

  1. pool, pond

Etymology 2

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Hanja

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池 (eumhun 이름 타 (ireum ta))

  1. a surname

Okinawan

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Kanji

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池

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

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Etymology

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Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as いち.[1]

From Proto-Japonic *ikay, cognate with Japanese 池(いけ) (ike).

Noun

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池(いち) (ichi) 

  1. pond

References

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  1. ^ Nakamoto, Masayo (中本政世) (1896) 沖縄語典 [Documentation of the Language of Okinawa], Hikone (彦根市): Eishōdō (永昌堂), →DOI, page 15

Vietnamese

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Han character

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池: Hán Nôm readings: trì, đìa

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