Read Edit View history Discussion 湖 hú HSK2 a lake Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 胡 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas hú × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 氵 is a component form of 水. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 湖 Simp strokes 湖 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 湖 Simp strokes 湖 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 湖 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 208, 759 ], [ 280, 702 ], [ 302, 660 ] ], [ [ 120, 562 ], [ 179, 513 ], [ 200, 478 ] ], [ [ 169, 113 ], [ 158, 139 ], [ 154, 190 ], [ 261, 403 ] ], [ [ 301, 532 ], [ 361, 527 ], [ 474, 552 ], [ 553, 577 ], [ 582, 581 ], [ 608, 575 ] ], [ [ 433, 828 ], [ 476, 785 ], [ 476, 774 ], [ 429, 426 ], [ 410, 404 ] ], [ [ 303, 392 ], [ 329, 369 ], [ 333, 356 ], [ 361, 191 ] ], [ [ 359, 369 ], [ 373, 379 ], [ 511, 404 ], [ 538, 376 ], [ 509, 295 ], [ 483, 277 ] ], [ [ 379, 224 ], [ 390, 234 ], [ 482, 253 ], [ 521, 255 ], [ 543, 248 ] ], [ [ 634, 707 ], [ 673, 672 ], [ 678, 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