Additional information about 湖
說文解字: 【湖】，大陂也。从水、胡聲。揚州浸有五湖。浸，川澤所仰以灌漑也。 〔小徐本「灌漑」作「漑灌」，無「也」。〕 【戶吳切】
- Criteria
- LAKE
1. The current general word for a lake of any shape or kind is hú 湖, but that term does exclude the ocean.
2.. Yuān 淵 refers to a very deep pool.
3. Zé 澤 refers to a large natural lake (and also to the marshy landscape around such a lake).
4. Hǎi 海 can, from Han times onwards, come to refer to large lakes.
5. Tán 潭 is a small but rather deep (typically natural) pool.
8. Shǔ 藪 refers to a large shallow lake rich in water plants.