泉 – spring, fountain

9 strokesTaught in grade 6#1086 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 泉 means spring, fountain. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is セン (sen); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is いずみ (izumi). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	セン	sen
Kun’yomi	いずみ	izumi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 水・白.

Words using 泉

泉いずみspring温泉おんせんhot spring

Example sentences

泉はおよそ１７０フィートの高さまで温水を吹き出す。

The fountain sends hot water to a height of 170 feet.

Tatoeba #141228

温泉はあなたに効くでしょう。

The hot spring will do you good.

Tatoeba #188330

Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.