湖hú

ravel. --- In Simplified Chinese (簡體), 湖 retains its traditional shape, combining the water radical 氵 with 胡, historically a phonetic component borrowed from a word for beard. The resulting character pictures a large body of water, a meaning that has remained stable since its earliest appearances. Today 湖 is used for lakes like 青海湖 (Qinghai Lake) and in everyday language to refer to any sizable inland water body.