湖 — Chinese character
湖
hú
lake; Hubei, Hunan; bluish-green
- Pinyin
- hú
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 氵 胡
- Formation
- pictophonetic — water; meaning component 氵; sound component 胡
- Japanese
- 湖 as a kanji
Common words with 湖
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 湖泊 | hú pō | lake |
| 江湖 | jiāng hú | rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat |
| 湖边 (湖邊) | hú biān | lakeside |
| 湖畔 | hú pàn | lakeside |
| 盐湖 (鹽湖) | yán hú | salt lake |
| 湖滨 (湖濱) | hú bīn | lake front |
| 人工湖 | rén gōng hú | artificial lake |
| 淡水湖 | dàn shuǐ hú | freshwater lake |
| 咸水湖 (鹹水湖) | xián shuǐ hú | salt lake |
| 走江湖 | zǒu jiāng hú | to travel around the country (as itinerant peddler or entertainer) |
| 五湖四海 | wǔ hú sì hǎi | all parts of the country |
| 湖沼 | hú zhǎo | lakes and marshes |
English words written with 湖
湖 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 7
- Zhuangzi Transcendental Bliss
- Zhuangzi The Great Supreme
- Zhuangzi The Circling Sky
- Zhuangzi Perfect Happiness
- Zhuangzi The Secret of Life
- Zhuangzi Mountain Trees
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.