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