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湖 = 氵 + 胡

湖 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “a lake”. It is built from 氵 (water) and 胡 (recklessly).

Keyword
a lake
Pinyin (Mandarin)
hú
Script
Chinese hanzi
Also known as
озеро
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
湖 lake

Decomposition

ids

  1. 氵 water
  2. 胡 recklessly

How to find 湖 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “recklessly”. 湖 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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