湖hú
lake, inland body of water. 12 strokes, radical 氵, first met in HSK 2.
Pinyin húStrokes 12Radical 氵Band HSK 2Words 1
How to write 湖
Strokes 1–3 write 氵, then strokes 4–12 write 胡.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 湖 · the stroke-order rules
What 湖 is made of
氵 (shuǐ, water) and 胡 (hú, recklessly).
氵 carries the meaning — water — and 胡 carries the sound.
Words that use 湖
| 湖 | lake, inland body of water 四面被陆地围住的大片静水 枫叶倒映在宁静的湖面上。The maple leaves reflect on the still surface of the lake. Lesson 31, 美丽的湖 · 山川胜境与丹青流韵 · Rivers, Lakes, Artistic Hues & Coastal New Year |
Characters that share the sound part 胡
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 氵
All 76 of them, and what the radical means, on the 氵 radical page.