Kanji N2

湖: lake

湖 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning lake, written with 12 strokes. It is read コ (on) and みずうみ (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 湖 (みずうみ, lake) and 湖畔 (こはん, lakeside).

湖

Meanings

  • lake
Strokes12
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#1344 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • コ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • みずうみ

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 12. Start at the dot.

Common words with 湖

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 湖みずうみ

    lake

    JLPT N4
  • 湖畔こはん

    lakeside; lakeshore; lakefront

  • 湖沼こしょう

    lake; marsh; wetland; inland waters

  • 湖水こすい

    lake; lake water

  • 琵琶湖びわこ

    Lake Biwa; Biwako

  • 湖岸こがん

    lakeshore; lakeside

  • 湖底こてい

    bottom of a lake

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.