Question

泉 いずみ spring, fountain 2 1086 9 85 みず・したみず・さんずい 象形 Pictographic White is a symbol of purety, so white water is pure water, the precise definition of spring water.

Accepted Answer

セン いず, ずい, ずみ, ぜい, ぜん, の 温泉(おんせん): spa; hot spring; onsen泉(いずみ): spring; fountain 6 白: white水: water 水 4 (none) spring Perhaps the most common appearance of this kanji is in the word 温泉 (おんせん, onsen), a Japanese hot spring. The kanji is an excellent image of someone enjoying a Japanese hot spring: a little white towel on top, water below. (This helps keep all associations: spring, little and onsen).

Kanji	泉
Onyomi	セン
Kunyomi	いずみ
Nanori	いず, ずい, ずみ, ぜい, ぜん, の
English	spring, fountain
Examples	温泉(おんせん): spa; hot spring; onsen 泉(いずみ): spring; fountain
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	6
Frequency	1086
Components	白: white 水: water
Number of Strokes	9
Kanji Radical	水
Radical Number	85
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	みず・したみず・さんずい
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	象形 Pictographic
Keyword	spring
Koohii Story 1	White is a symbol of purety, so white water is pure water, the precise definition of spring water.
Koohii Story 2	Perhaps the most common appearance of this kanji is in the word 温泉 (おんせん, onsen), a Japanese hot spring. The kanji is an excellent image of someone enjoying a Japanese hot spring: a little white towel on top, water below. (This helps keep all associations: spring, little and onsen).

White Hot Water Spring Fountain Kanji Japanese 泉