湖 – lake

12 strokesTaught in grade 3#1344 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 湖 means lake. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コ (ko); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is みずうみ (mizuumi). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コ	ko
Kun’yomi	みずうみ	mizuumi

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: 月・口・十・汁.

Words using 湖

湖みずうみlake

Example sentences

湖の深さはどのくらいですか。

What is the depth of the lake?

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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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