池 – pond, cistern, pool

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The kanji 池 means pond, cistern, pool, reservoir. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is チ (chi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is いけ (ike). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	チ	chi
Kun’yomi	いけ	ike

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 汁・也.

Words using 池

池いけpond電池でんちbattery乾電池かんでんちdry cell battery

Example sentences

この前の夏にこの池は水がなくなりました。

The pond dried up last summer.

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このおもちゃの自動車は電池で動く。

This toy car runs on batteries.

Tatoeba #223962

1.5V乾電池を直接触っただけでは感電死することはないでしょう。

You're not going to get electrocuted just by directly touching a 1.5V battery.

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Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

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