The kanji 池 primarily represents a "pond," "pool," or "lake." It signifies a body of water, typically smaller than a lake, that is either naturally occurring or man-made. The core meaning revolves around a contained body of water that can be a habitat for aquatic life or serve recreational purposes.

・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 (a Japanese surname) ⚫︎電池 (でんち) Translation: battery (literally "electric pond")

The kanji 池 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字, けいせいもじ). The left side is the radical 水 (氵) (mizu), which signifies "water." The right side is 也 (ya), a phonetic component, which gives a suggestion of the sound. The combination of these parts creates the meaning of "water" associated with a specific sound, representing a pond or a body of water.