池
pond; reservoir; moat
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #843 U+6C60
How 池 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 (semantic, “water”) + 也 (phonetic, yě)
How to remember it
pond · Heisig RSH #508
水 water + scorpion + a drop of
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 也
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 也 (yě) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 也 sound component | yě | also, too |
| 地 | dì | earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb |
| 驰 | chí | speed, haste; to run, to gallop |
| 弛 | chí | to loosen, to relax; to unstring a bow |
| 迤 | yǐ | winding, meandering |
| 㐌 | tā | a tribe of savages in South China |
| 酏 | yí | millet wine |
Words containing 池
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 长白山天池 | Cháng bái shān Tiān chí | Changbaishan Tianchi, volcanic crater lake on the border between China and North Korea |
| 小池百合子 | Xiǎo chí Bǎi hé zi | KOIKE Yuriko (1952-), Japanese LDP politician, minister of defense during 2008 |
| 一号电池 | yī hào diàn chí | D size battery |
| 五大连池市 | Wǔ dà lián chí Shì | Wudalianchi, a county-level city in Heihe City 黑河市[Hei1 he2 Shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 三号电池 | sān hào diàn chí | C size battery (PRC) (Taiwan equivalent: 二號電池|二号电池[er4 hao4 dian4 chi2]); AA battery (Tw) … |
| 花池子 | huā chí zi | flower bed |
| 太阳电池板 | tài yáng diàn chí bǎn | solar panel |
| 太阳能电池 | tài yáng néng diàn chí | solar cell |
| 池中物 | chí zhōng wù | person of no particular talent |
| 太阳电池 | tài yáng diàn chí | solar cell |
| 神池县 | Shén chí Xiàn | Shenchi, a county in Xinzhou City 忻州市[Xin1 zhou1 Shi4], Shanxi |
| 二号电池 | èr hào diàn chí | (Tw) C size battery (PRC equivalent: 三號電池|三号电池[san1 hao4 dian4 chi2]) |
| 河池市 | Hé chí Shì | 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 | Chí zhōu Shì | Chizhou, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省[An1 hui1 Sheng3] |
| 四号电池 | sì hào diàn chí | AAA battery (Tw); PRC equivalent: 七號電池|七号电池[qi1 hao4 dian4 chi2] |
| 五号电池 | wǔ hào diàn chí | AA battery (PRC); Taiwan equivalent: 三號電池|三号电池[san1 hao4 dian4 chi2] |
| 五大连池 | Wǔ dà lián chí | see 五大連池市|五大连池市[Wu3 da4 lian2 chi2 Shi4] |
| 高城深池 | gāo chéng shēn chí | high walls and deep moat (idiom); impenetrable defense |
| 华池县 | Huá chí Xiàn | Huachi, a county in Qingyang City 慶陽市|庆阳市[Qing4 yang2 Shi4], Gansu |
| 原电池 | yuán diàn chí | primary cell; non-rechargeable battery |