池塘

chí táng · HSK 7

pond

池塘 — pond

🪷 池 = water + also, 塘 = earth + Tang: water gathers on earth

池 pairs the water radical 氵 with 也 (also). 塘 adds earth 土 to 唐 (Tang). A place where water also sits upon the ground — a pond.

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