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Kanji Detail for 泉 - "spring, source"

泉

  • Meaning

    泉 means "spring, source." Also associated with afterlife.

    1. Spring - A water source; a fountain.

    2. Source - The origin; the beginning.

    3. Afterlife - The world of the dead.

  • Words using 泉

    • 温泉 おんせん Listen hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort
    • 天然温泉 てんねんおんせん Listen natural hot spring

  • Four-character idioms with 泉

    • 悪木盗泉 あくぼくとうせん Listen a virtuous person should not commit an act that offends their moral principles no matter how hard pressed they may be

  • Tattoo check: 泉

    • Verified meaning: spring, source
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いすみ, いずみ, いずみさき, いづみ)
    • Also carries these associations: afterlife

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 泉

    Given names 泉(いずみ)Listen 泉(いづみ)Listen 泉(せん)Listen

    Surnames 泉(いすみ)Listen 泉(いずみさき)Listen 泉(せんじ)Listen 泉(みなもと)Listen 泉(もと)Listen 泉(やないずみ)Listen 泉(やなぎいずみ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    spring; fountain

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    spring, fountain; wealth, money

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    spring (small stream); mouth of a spring; coin (archaic)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    spring, fountain; wealth, money

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The source of water. | Money. In ancient times, coins were called 泉 (springs), meaning they circulate without obstruction.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    sen(セン) セン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    izumi(いずみ) いずみ

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    spring source afterlife fountain well aquifer beginning flow foundation geyser origin oasis reservoir stream water

Sentences including 泉

  • The hot spring will do you good.

  • There are a lot of hot springs in japan.

  • He drank of the spring.

  • The town is famous for its hot spring.

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