Chinese symbol for “pond”
池
chí
pond; reservoir; moat
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pond is 池 (chí), defined as: pond; reservoir; moat.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “pond”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 水池 | shuǐ chí | pond; pool |
| 池子 | chí zi | pond; bathhouse pool |
| 沼 | zhǎo | pond; pool |
| 泽 (澤) | zé | pool; pond |
| 荡 (蕩) | dàng | to wash; to squander |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 池.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 电池 (電池) | diàn chí | battery; electric cell; 节 (jié),组 (zǔ) |
| 游泳池 | yóu yǒng chí | swimming pool |
| 泳池 | yǒng chí | swimming pool |
| 池塘 | chí táng | pool; pond |
| 水池 | shuǐ chí | pond; pool |
| 浴池 | yù chí | public bath |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pond”.
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.