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池 = 水 + 也

池 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “pond”. It is built from 水 (water) and 也 (est). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 555.

Keyword
pond
RTK frame
555
Strokes
6
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
チ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
いけ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
пруд
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
池 pool

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 水 water
  2. 也 est

How to find 池 without knowing its reading

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

Open 池 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.