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泉
JLPT N2 SL6 9 strokes Frequency: #1086

Meanings

Spring, Fountain

Radicals

ζ°΄

Decomposition

βΏ±η™½ζ°΄

Etymology

Ideographic: WaterΒ ζ°΄ flowing from a springΒ η™½

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 9

Stroke Order

1 dot right-to-left
2 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
3 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
4 horizontal left-to-right
5 horizontal left-to-right
6 hook bottom-right-to-top-left
7 corner bottom-to-top
8 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
9 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
セン sen
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
γ„γšγΏ izumi

Words Using This Kanji

107 words total
Other (20 words)
ε˜η΄”ζ³‰ γŸγ‚“γ˜γ‚…γ‚“γ›γ‚“

simple hot spring (containing less than one thousand ppm of dissolved minerals)

泉門 せんもん

soft spot (in the skull of an infant)

泉θ³ͺ せんし぀

hot spring water quality

湧泉 ゆうせん

bubbling spring

黄泉国 γ‚ˆγ‚‚γ€γγ«

Hades

温泉場 γŠγ‚“γ›γ‚“γ°

place where there are hot springs

ζΈ©ζ³‰γƒžγƒΌγ‚― γŠγ‚“γ›γ‚“γƒžγƒΌγ‚―

sign used to designate a hot spring (e.g. on a map)

黄泉帰る γ‚ˆγΏγ˜γŒγˆγ‚‹

to be resurrected

飲泉 いんせん

drinking spring water

鉄泉 てっせん

chalybeate spring

温泉著 γŠγ‚“γ›γ‚“γŒγ„

hot spring district (within a town)

ε€§θΎžζ³‰ γ γ„γ˜γ›γ‚“

Daijisen (Japanese dictionary published by Shogakukan)

ι»„ζ³‰ζˆΈε–« γ‚ˆγ‚‚γ€γΈγγ„

eating the food of the dead (which prevents return from the underworld)

ζ–°η”˜ζ³‰ しんかんせん

shinkansen pear

泉亭 せんてい

arbor facing a spring (arbour)

温泉旅逨 γŠγ‚“γ›γ‚“γ‚Šγ‚‡γ‹γ‚“

inn with hot spring facilities

ζ³‰ε·ž せんしゅう

Quanzhou (China)

ζ—₯εΈ°γ‚ŠζΈ©ζ³‰ γ²γŒγˆγ‚ŠγŠγ‚“γ›γ‚“

hot spring resort where customers can bathe without spending the night

η«‹γ‘ε―„γ‚ŠζΈ©ζ³‰ γŸγ‘γ‚ˆγ‚ŠγŠγ‚“γ›γ‚“

hot spring resort where customers can bathe without spending the night

倩焢温泉 γ¦γ‚“γ­γ‚“γŠγ‚“γ›γ‚“

natural hot spring