Chinese symbol for “lake”
湖
hú
lake
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lake is 湖 (hú), defined as: lake.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “lake”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 湖泊 | hú pō | lake |
| 泊 | pō | lake; Taiwan pr. [bo2] |
| 海子 | hǎi zi | (dialect) wetlands; lake |
| 潢 | huáng | dye paper; lake |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lake”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.