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
lakeside; lakeshore; lakefront
lake; lake water
Lake Biwa; Biwako
underground lake; subterranean lake
on the lake
bottom of a lake
lakeshore; lakeside
Lake Biwa; Biwako
Hubei Province (China)
lake; marsh; wetland; inland waters
Hunan Province (China)
reservoir; lake formed by a dam
the Five Lakes of Mt. Fuji
salt lake; saline lake
north of a lake; north of Lake Biwa
the public; the world; rivers and lakes; (arch.) secluded place; (arch.) hermit's residence
center of a lake (centre); middle of a lake
dammed lake (formed by natural damming of a river, esp. by landslide, volcanic eruption, etc.)
freshwater lake
underground lake; subterranean lake
G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit; Hokkaido Toyako G8 summit
oxbow lake; billabong
barrier lagoon; coral-reef lagoon
artificial lake; man-made lake; reservoir
brackish lake
artificial lake; man-made lake; reservoir
caldera lake
Liutiaohu Incident (1931 railway bombing triggering the Manchurian Incident)
crater lake; volcanic lake
endorheic basin
lake inlet
lake wind; lake breeze
era during mid-1970s dominated by grand champions Wajima and Kitanoumi
salt lake; saline lake
saltwater or saline lake
lake formed by ground depression (esp. by tectonic fault or in a caldera)
dammed lake (formed by natural damming of a river, esp. by landslide, volcanic eruption, etc.)
era during mid-1970s dominated by grand champions Wajima and Kitanoumi
artificial lake; man-made lake; reservoir
marshes and lakes
dammed lake (formed by natural damming of a river, esp. by landslide, volcanic eruption, etc.)
dammed lake (formed by natural damming of a river, esp. by landslide, volcanic eruption, etc.)
dammed lake (formed by natural damming of a river, esp. by landslide, volcanic eruption, etc.)
freshwater lake
Lake Biwa catfish (Silurus biwaensis)
Zen disciples
crescentic lake; oxbow lake; billabong
lake with low nutrient level; oligotrophic lake; unproductive lake
nutrient-rich (or eutrophic) lake
Act on Special Measures concerning Conservation of Lake Water Quality
lake type (i.e. eutrophic, dystrophic, oligotrophic)
endorheic lake; closed lake
exorheic lake; open lake
Hunan University; HNU
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.