湖 hú lake
Made up of [氵 shuǐ water radical 85, 古 gǔ ancient , 月 yuè moon; month radical 74]Made with 12 strokes.
Ancient small seal form 
Related characters
Also uses 氵 shuǐ component: 波 bō (wave) 法 fǎ (law) 港 gǎng (harbor) 海 hǎi (sea) 汗 hàn (perspiration) 汉 hàn (chinese) 河 hé (river) 洪 hóng (flood) 活 huó (to live) 济 jì (to cross a river) 江 jiāng (river) 津 jīn (ferry crossing) 酒 jiǔ (wine) 满 mǎn (to fill) 没 méi (have not) 泡 pào (bubble) 汽 qì (steam) 浅 qiǎn (shallow) 清 qīng (clear) 涉 shè (to wade) 洗 xǐ (to wash) 演 yǎn (to develop) 渔 yú (fishing) 泽 zé (pool) 治 zhì (to rule) 洲 zhōu (region)
Also uses 古 gǔ component: 故 gù (happening) 固 gù (hard) 姑 gū (paternal aunt) 估 gū (estimate) 胡 hú (beard) 居 jū (to reside) 克 kè (to be able to) 苦 kǔ (bitter)
Also uses 月 yuè component: 胆 dǎn (the gall) 服 fú (clothes) 肝 gān (liver) 胡 hú (beard) 胶 jiāo (to glue) 明 míng (bright) 能 néng (to be able to) 朋 péng (friend) 朋 péng (friend) 期 qī (phase) 前 qián (front) 青 qīng (green) 散 sàn (to scatter) 胜 shèng (victory) 隋 suí (Sui) 阴 yīn (yin) 有 yǒu (have) 朝 zhāo (dynasty)
Sounds same
胡 hú (beard)Different tone
乎 hū (at) 虍 hū (tiger) 虎 hǔ (tiger) 戶 hù (door) 户 hù (door)Pronunciation
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Provinces
湖北 Hubei湖南 Hunan
Cities
芜湖 Wuhu, Anhui湖州 Huzhou, Zhejiang