池

chí

也 + 氵

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Definitions

chí (noun) pond; reservoir; moat

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 也 represents the sound.

Semantic: 氵 Phonetic: 也

About

池 is a phono-semantic compound that designates a pool, pond, or similarly contained body of water. The left side, 氵 (shuǐ, "water"), gives the character its aquatic meaning, while the right side, 也 (yě), supplies the pronunciation. Historically, the term extended to the defensive moats around city walls, and today it also describes enclosed vessels for liquids and even electrical energy, as in the word for battery (电池).

Etymology Hide

Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional Modern

Simplified Modern

Example Sentences Hide

池塘边有一棵树。

Chí táng biān yǒu yī kē shù。

There is a tree beside the pond.

这个游泳池的水很干净。

Zhè ge yóu yǒng chí de shuǐ hěn gān jìng。

The water in this swimming pool is very clean.

公园的池塘里养着很多鱼。

Gōng yuán de chí táng lǐ yǎng zhe hěn duō yú。

There are many fish raised in the park's pond.

请给遥控器换一节新电池。

Qǐng gěi yáo kòng qì huàn yī jié xīn diàn chí。

Please change the remote control to a new battery.

这座城市曾有一座坚固的城池。

Zhè zuò chéng shì céng yǒu yī zuò jiān gù de chéng chí。

This city once had a sturdy city wall and moat.

这些数据暂时被放入缓存池。

Zhè xiē shù jù zàn shí bèi fàng rù huǎn cún chí。

This data is temporarily placed into the cache pool.

工人们正在清理沉淀池的污泥。

Gōng rén men zhèng zài qīng lǐ chén diàn chí de wū ní。

The workers are cleaning the sludge from the sedimentation tank.

那个地区分布着许多天然的盐池。

Nà ge dì qū fēn bù zhe xǔ duō tiān rán de yán chí。

That area is distributed with many natural salt ponds.

Related Characters

Component: 也

Component: 氵

池