The kanji 池 (いけ) fundamentally represents a "pond," "pool," or "small body of water." It signifies a contained area where water is collected, usually artificial and smaller than a lake. The core meaning revolves around the concept of a still or calm water surface.

・On-yomi (音読み): チ (chi) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): いけ (ike)

⚫︎池 (いけ) Translation: pond, pool ⚫︎池田 (いけだ) Translation: Ikeda (Japanese surname) ⚫︎ため池 (ためいけ) Translation: reservoir, pond

The kanji 池 is a phono-semantic compound. The left side is 氵 (サンズイ, *mizu*), the water radical, indicating the meaning is related to water. The right side is 也, originally a pictograph that looks like a pot or vessel. The character 也 in this case acts as the phonetic component, implying the sound "chi." Thus, 池 depicts a body of water in a container or a place.