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IDENTITY

lake

HSK 3Top 600

CORE MEANING

lake

Part of speech
noun
Register
neutral

Senses

  1. 1.lakeHSK3

FORM & BREAKDOWN

Radical
water radical (shuǐ)
strokes
12
Structure
left-right compound
IDS sequence
⿰氵胡
    • water
    • gives the sound hú

USAGE

Common words

湖水húshuǐlake water
西湖XīhúWest Lake

Graded examples

  • 我们在湖边散步。Wǒmen zài hú biān sànbù.HSK3

    We take a walk by the lake.

RELATIONS

LEARNING

Memory aid

Water (氵) in the ancient northern lands (胡) — a big lake.

HSK version
3.0
Frequency rank
#600
Memory aid
memory-aid

TRUST & SOURCES

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Last reviewed
2026-08-15

Sources

  • CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01

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