漢字城 Kanji Fortress

池 pond

On'yomi
チ
Kun'yomi
いけ
Strokes
6
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 2

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
池 is written in 6 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

Water plus the curling tail of 也 — a small puddle of water that just sits there, coiled in the garden: a pond.

A common word

  • 池 いけ pond

Example sentences

  • いけにさかながたくさんいます。

    There are a lot of fish in the pond.

  • こうえんのいけのそばでしゃしんをとりました。

    I took a photo beside the pond in the park.

Kanji that share a part

氵 is its radical. 131 kanji share it in all.

也 is a component.

  • 地 ground
  • 他 other N3
  • 施 carry out N2
  • 馳 gallop N1