# 池 — Pond

Frequency rank 787 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 困 (Distressed), less common than 筆 (Writing Brush).

- On’yomi: ち
- Kun’yomi: いけ
- Radical: 水 Water (Kangxi 85)
- Frequency path: Level VII of XX

A tsunami (tsunami) surges on the left while an alligator (alligator) swims on the right — the tsunami fills the valley and the alligator swims in the newly formed pond of standing water.

In words:

- 池 いけ — pond
- 電池 でんち — battery
- 乾電池 かんでんち — dry cell,battery

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