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White Hot Water Spring Fountain Kanji Japanese 泉

Kanji
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
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).
RTK Index 133

Tags: jlpt.n2, grade6, kanjifreq1001-1500, kanji_nature_landscape

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