Keyword
lake
- Hubei
- Hunan
- bluish-green
- Frequency
- #892
- Strokes
- 12
Readings
hú100%
Mnemonic
氵 (water) gives the meaning and 胡 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
湖
lake
湖泊
lake
湖北省
Hubei Province, capital Wuhan 武汉市 (WǔhànShì) (short name 鄂 (È))
江湖
rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武侠 (wǔxiá)); (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde; (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld
湖南省
Hunan Province, capital Changsha 长沙市 (ChángshāShì) (short name 湘 (Xiāng))
西湖
West Lake in Hangzhou 杭州 (Hángzhōu), Zhejiang
太湖
Lake Tai near Wuxi City 无锡 (Wúxī), bordering on Jiangsu and Zhejiang, one of China's largest freshwater lakes
湖广
Hubei and Hunan provinces (a Ming dynasty province)
湖边
lakeside
湖区
Lake District, north England
湖人
Los Angeles Lakers; abbr. for 洛杉矶湖人 (LuòshānjīHúrén)
澎湖
Penghu county (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan
湖畔
lakeside
盐湖
salt lake
巢湖
Chao Lake in Hefei 合肥 (Héféi), Anhui
洞庭湖
Dongting Lake in northeast Hunan province
湖滨
lake front
贝加尔湖
Lake Baikal, Russia
内湖
Neihu District of Taipei City 台北市 (TáiběiShì), Taiwan
鄱阳湖
Poyang Lake in Shangrao 上饶 (Shàngráo), Jiangxi
人工湖
artificial lake
两湖
Hubei 湖北 and Hunan 湖南 provinces
盐湖城
Salt Lake City, capital of Utah
淡水湖
freshwater lake