池

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

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𠲨, 𨦥, 𪢏, 𩶴, 𫇻, 筂, 𦈳

References

• 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

trad.		池
simp. #		池

Glyph origin

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

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chí (chi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̀

  (Hailu, HRS): chi

• Jin (Wiktionary): ci¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): diè / dò̤
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): di²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): di⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zy
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zhr²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chí
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chíh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih²
    • Yale: chŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyr
    • Palladius: чи (či)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: ci⁴
    • Yale: chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̀
    • Hakka Romanization System: cii^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ci²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: chi
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃʰi⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ci¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰz̩¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: diè / dò̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tie⁵³/, /to⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Jiangkou, Nanri)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: di²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti¹³/
  • (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: di²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tî
    • Tâi-lô: tî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ti²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ti²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ti²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: di⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zy
    • MiniDict: zy^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zz̩²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: zhr²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩¹³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡sz̩¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: drje

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

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.lraj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'al/

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

池

1. pool; pond
2. moat
3. cistern
4. (computing) pool
5. a surname

Synonyms

• (pond):

Dialectal synonyms of 池塘 (“pond”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		池塘, 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
	Xuzhou	水塘, 水汪
	Pizhou	汪
	Lianyungang (Ganyu)	水坑
	Donghai	汪, 方塘子
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, 塘子, 池塘
	Yangzhou	塘, 池子, 汪塘
	Baoying	汪塘
	Taizhou	塘
	Zhenjiang	汪塘
	Lianyungang	汪塘
	Huai'an (Huaiyin)	汪塘子
	Xuyi	塘
	Nantong	水塘, 水汪潭 small
	Rugao	池塘
	Yancheng	水塘
	Funing	水塘
	Sihong	水塘
	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, 潭窟
	Quanzhou	潭窟
	Jinjiang	潭窟, 池窟
	Zhangzhou	潭仔
	Tainan	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, 潭
	Wuxi	河池塘
	Changshu	河池
	Nantong (Haimen)	溝
	Changzhou	池塘
	Danyang	塘則
	Nanjing (Gaochun)	池塘
	Hangzhou	池塘
	Ningbo	池塘
	Wenzhou	池, 池兒, 池塘
	Jinhua	塘
Xiang	Changsha	塘
	Loudi	塘
	Shuangfeng	塘, 池子

• (moat):

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• 城壕 (chéngháo)
• 城河 (chénghé) (literary)
• 濠溝 / 濠沟 (háogōu)
• 護城壕 / 护城壕 (hùchéngháo)
• 護城河 / 护城河 (hùchénghé)

Compounds

• 尹霍夫池
• 乾電池 / 干电池 (gāndiànchí)
• 他瑪羅池 / 他玛罗池
• 伏打電池 / 伏打电池
• 光電池 / 光电池
• 劍池 / 剑池
• 化糞池 / 化粪池 (huàfènchí)
• 印池
• 呼倫池 / 呼伦池
• 咸池
• 噴水池 / 喷水池 (pēnshuǐchí)
• 城池 (chéngchí)
• 堅城深池 / 坚城深池
• 天池 (tiānchí)
• 天池埡 / 天池垭 (Tiānchíyà)
• 太液池 (Tàiyèchí)
• 太陽電池 / 太阳电池 (tàiyáng diànchí)
• 富池 (Fùchí)
• 差池
• 巴油池
• 廟小妖風大，池淺王八多 / 庙小妖风大，池浅王八多 (miào xiǎo yāofēng dà, chí qiǎn wángbā duō)
• 弄兵潢池
• 揮翰臨池 / 挥翰临池
• 昆明池
• 昆池劫灰
• 暈池 / 晕池
• 曲江池
• 東門之池 / 东门之池
• 樂池 / 乐池
• 殃及池魚 / 殃及池鱼 (yāngjíchíyú)
• 水池 (shuǐchí)
• 池上 (Chíshàng)
• 池中物
• 池中蛟龍 / 池中蛟龙
• 池坊流
• 池堂 (chítáng)
• 池塘 (chítáng)
• 池子 (chízi)
• 池州 (Chízhōu)
• 池座 (chízuò)
• 池榭
• 池河 (Chíhé)
• 池沼 (chízhǎo)
• 池湯 / 池汤 (chítāng)
• 池隍
• 池魚 / 池鱼
• 池魚之殃 / 池鱼之殃 (chíyúzhīyāng)
• 池魚之禍 / 池鱼之祸 (chíyúzhīhuò)
• 池魚堂燕 / 池鱼堂燕
• 池魚林木 / 池鱼林木
• 池魚籠鳥 / 池鱼笼鸟
• 池鹽 / 池盐 (chíyán)
• 泮池
• 泳池 (yǒngchí)
• 洗手池 (xǐshǒuchí)
• 洿池
• 浴池 (yùchí)
• 清水池
• 湯池 / 汤池 (tāngchí)
• 湯池鐵城 / 汤池铁城
• 游泳池 (yóuyǒngchí)
• 滇池 (Diānchí)
• 潢池
• 澗池 / 涧池 (Jiànchí)
• 潢池弄兵
• 澠池 / 渑池 (Miǎnchí)
• 澠池之功 / 渑池之功
• 澠池會 / 渑池会
• 濾水池 / 滤水池
• 瑤池 / 瑶池 (Yáochí)
• 瑤池玉液 / 瑶池玉液
• 瑤池金母 / 瑶池金母
• 瑤池閬苑 / 瑶池阆苑
• 璧池
• 石城湯池 / 石城汤池
• 硯池 / 砚池
• 碧池 (bìchí)
• 窮池之魚 / 穷池之鱼
• 終池 / 终池 (zhōngchí)
• 翰池
• 臨池 / 临池
• 臨池學書 / 临池学书
• 舞池 (wǔchí)
• 茅池
• 華池 / 华池 (Huáchí)
• 蓄水池 (xùshuǐchí)
• 蓄電池 / 蓄电池 (xùdiànchí)
• 蓮池 / 莲池 (Liánchí)
• 藕池 (Ǒuchí)
• 血汙池 / 血污池
• 裝池 / 装池
• 解池
• 記池 / 记池 (kì-tî) (Min Nan)
• 跳水池
• 跪池
• 配水池
• 酒池
• 酒池肉林 (jiǔchíròulín)
• 金城湯池 / 金城汤池 (jīnchéngtāngchí)
• 陂池
• 陳池 / 陈池 (Chénchí)
• 難越雷池 / 难越雷池
• 雲池 / 云池 (Yúnchí)
• 雷池 (léichí)
• 電池 / 电池 (diànchí)
• 非池中物 (fēichízhōngwù)
• 駕返瑤池 / 驾返瑶池
• 高城深池
• 魚池 / 鱼池 (yúchí)
• 魚池鄉 / 鱼池乡
• 鳳凰池 / 凤凰池
• 鳳池 / 凤池
• 鵝池 / 鹅池
• 鹼性電池 / 碱性电池
• 鹽池 / 盐池 (yánchí)
• 黃池 / 黄池
• 墨水池 (mòshuǐchí)
• 墨池筆塚 / 墨池笔冢
• 龍池 / 龙池

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuó (tuo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): to⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuó
    • Wade–Giles: tʻo²
    • Yale: twó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: two
    • Palladius: то (to)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: to⁴
    • Yale: tòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: to⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: to⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: da

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

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'aːl/

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

池

1. only used in 虖池／呼池 (“Hutuo River”)

References

• “池”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “池”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 159.

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 池

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

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

Compounds

• 池(ち)魚(ぎょ) (chigyo)
• 池(ち)水(すい) (chisui)
• 池(ち)沼(しょう) (chishō)
• 池(ち)泉(せん) (chisen)
• 池(ち)亭(てい) (chitei)
• 池(ち)汀(てい) (chitei)
• 池(ち)頭(とう) (chitō)
• 池(ち)畔(なん) (chinan)
• 印(いん)池(ち) (inchi)
• 園(えん)池(ち), 苑(えん)池(ち) (enchi)
• 金(きん)城(じょう)湯(とう)池(ち) (kinjōtōchi)
• 酒(しゅ)池(ち)肉(にく)林(りん) (shuchinikurin)
• 城(じょう)池(ち) (jōchi)
• 滇(てん)池(ち) (Tenchi)
• 電(でん)池(ち) (denchi)
• 肉(にく)池(ち) (nikuchi)
• 墨(ぼく)池(ち) (bokuchi)
• 瑶(よう)池(ち) (yōchi)
• 貯(ちょう)水(すい)池(ち) (chōsuichi)
• 放生(ほうじょう)池(ち) (hōjōchi)
• 養(よう)魚(ぎょ)池(ち) (yōgyochi)
• 養(よう)殖(しょく)池(ち) (yōshokuchi)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
池
いけ Grade: 2
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 池 – see the following entry.

【いけ】 [noun] a pond (small lake or pool) [noun] a pool (small amount of liquid in a surface) [noun] (calligraphy) part of an inkstone where water is stored [proper noun] 池, 井家: a surname Alternative spelling 井家

(This term, 池, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

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

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕi]

Proper noun

池(ち) • (Chi) 

1. a surname

Korean

Etymology 1

Hanja

池 (eumhun 연못 지 (yeonmot ji))

1. pool, pond

Etymology 2

Hanja

池 (eumhun 이름 타 (ireum ta))

1. a surname