JLPT N4 kanji. Readings, meaning, and how the character is built.
池 means pond. It is a JLPT N4 kanji written in 6 strokes, read いけ or ち. It combines 氵 (water), which carries the meaning, with 也, which is there for its sound ち. It appears in 電池 (battery) and 乾電池 (dry cell / battery).
池 is written in 6 strokes, in the order numbered below. Order matters: it is what makes handwriting legible, and it is how the character is looked up in a paper dictionary.
池 breaks into 2 parts.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 池 | いけ | pond |
| 電池 | でんち | battery |
| 乾電池 | かんでんち | dry cell / battery |
也 tends to carry the sound ち. They carry it; they do not all mean the same thing.
| Reading | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| 也 | ち | to be (classical) |
| 地 | ち | ground, earth |
| 池 | ち | pond, cistern |
| 弛 | ち | slacken, relax |
These use 氵 or 也 too. The part keeps its job from one character to the next, which is what makes it worth learning once.
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