池

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

Translingual

Stroke order
6 strokes

Han character

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

Derived characters

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

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
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. * 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”)
Variety Location Words
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):

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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
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

Japanese

Kanji

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

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】
a pond (small lake or pool)
a pool (small amount of liquid in a surface)
(calligraphy) part of an inkstone where water is stored
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

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

Okinawan

Kanji

池

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

Etymology

Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as いち.

From Proto-Japonic *ikay, cognate with Japanese 池(いけ) (ike).

Noun

池(いち) (ichi) 

  1. pond

References

  1. ^ Nakamoto, Masayo (中本政世) (1896) 沖縄語典 , Hikone (彦根市): Eishōdō (永昌堂), →DOI, page 15

Vietnamese

Han character

池: Hán Nôm readings: trì, đìa

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