泉

wellspring; spring; fountain

9 strokes. Taught in grade 6. Newspaper frequency rank 1086.

Readings

• セン (on reading): 温泉 (おんせん) hot spring; 源泉 (げんせん) source (of a spring, etc.)
• いずみ (kun reading): 泉 (いずみ) spring; 和泉 (いずみ) Izumi (former province located in the southwest of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
• Read as a whole word: 黄泉 (よみ) Hades; 黄泉の国 (よみのくに) Hades; 黄泉路 (よみじ) path to Hades

Components

• 白
• 水
• 水 radical water
• 白 radical white

Kanji containing 泉

• 線 line
• 湶 spring
• 楾 container for pouring water
• 腺 gland

Words using 泉

• 温泉 (おんせん) hot spring
• 源泉 (げんせん) source (of a spring, etc.)
• 温泉街 (おんせんがい) hot spring district (within a town)
• 鉱泉 (こうせん) mineral spring
• 温泉旅館 (おんせんりょかん) inn with hot spring facilities
• 泉 (いずみ) spring
• 和泉 (いずみ) Izumi (former province located in the southwest of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
• 小泉チルドレン (こいずみチルドレン) the 83 new LDP members of parliament elected in the Sept. 2005 general election
• 泉熱 (いずみねつ) Izumi fever (resembles scarlet fever)
• 知識の泉 (ちしきのいずみ) source of knowledge
• 黄泉 (よみ) Hades
• 黄泉の国 (よみのくに) Hades
• 黄泉路 (よみじ) path to Hades
• 黄泉帰る (よみじがえる) to be resurrected
• 黄泉国 (よもつくに) Hades
• 黄泉戸喫 (よもつへぐい) eating the food of the dead (which prevents return from the underworld)
• 黄泉比良坂 (よもつひらさか) Yomotsu Hirasaka (slope that leads to the land of the dead)

109 words in all.

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