Keyword
lake
Info
FrequencyTop 1400-1500
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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KankenLevel 8
Heisig159
Readings
こ
(41%)
Composed of
water drops
ancient barbarian
Mnemonic

A pictograph of an ancient barbarian next to water from a lake. Why is he here? Well, obviously, he's washing himself. They didn't really have proper bathrooms in the ancient times, so they had to make do with what they had. Which were the lakes.

Used in vocabulary (82 in total)
lake (in place names)
lake surface
Examples (176 in total)
I fell into the lake!
Why don't we go to a lake or something?
One can confirm that vast forests and lakes stretch out.