池
pond, cistern, pool, reservoir
Readings
On'yomi
- チ
Kun'yomi
- いけ
Meaning
池 centers on a contained body of water: a pond, pool, cistern, or reservoir. All meanings share the idea of water held in a defined space.
Most common words using 池
20 of 95- 池いけN5
pond
- 電池でんちN4
battery; cell
- 乾電池かんでんちN2
dry cell battery
- 池沼ちしょう
ponds and swamps
- 蓄電池ちくでんち
storage battery
- 蓮池はすいけ
lotus pond
- 貯水池ちょすいち
reservoir
- 溜池ためいけ
reservoir; pond
- 酒池肉林しゅちにくりん
sumptuous feast; debauch
- 宏池会こうちかい
Kōchikai (historically the most liberal faction of the Liberal Democratic Party); Kishida faction
- 池坊いけのぼう
Ikenobō
- 古池ふるいけ
old pool; old pond
- 血の池ちのいけ
Blood Pond; pool of blood; pond of blood (in hell)
- 太陽電池たいようでんちN1
solar cell
- 電池切れでんちぎれ
running out of battery; battery depletion; going flat; going dead
- じゃぶじゃぶ池じゃぶじゃぶいけ
wading pool; play pool
- ろ過池ろかち
filter basin; settling basin
- アモルファス太陽電池アモルファスたいようでんち
amorphous solar cell
- アルカリ乾電池アルカリかんでんち
alkaline battery
- アルカリ電池アルカリでんち
alkali battery
Study
Etymology
池 combines 氵 (water) with 也, which likely contributes the sound. The character expresses a body of water.
Meaning mnemonic
Water 氵 beside 也, a shape that looks like a basin or container. Picture a basin filled with water forming a pond.
Reading mnemonic
For チ, imagine a child (child -> チ) playing by the pond, splashing water everywhere.