泉: Spring; FountainKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (セン)

• 温泉おんせんhot spring
• 源泉げんせんsource (of a spring, etc.)
• 天然温泉てんねんおんせんnatural hot spring
• 泉水せんすいgarden pond; miniature lake
• 温泉郷おんせんきょうhot-spring village; onsen village
• 霊泉れいせんmiraculous spring or fountain
• ラジウム泉ラジウムせんradium spring
• ラジウム温泉ラジウムおんせんradium hot spring; radioactive hot spring
• ラドン温泉ラドンおんせんradon hot spring
• 不老泉ふろうせんfountain of youth
• 九泉きゅうせんhades; nether regions
• 井泉せいせん(water) well
• 冷泉れいせんcold mineral spring
• 刀泉とうせんknife money; bronze coin of ancient China, shaped like an opened straight razor
• 単純泉たんじゅんせんsimple thermal hot spring (containing less than one thousand ppm of dissolved minerals)
• 原泉げんせんsource (of a spring, etc.)
• 古泉学こせんがくnumismatics
• 噴泉ふんせんfountain; spring
• 塩泉えんせんsaline spring
• 塩類泉えんるいせんsalt spring
• 大辞泉だいじせんDaijisen (Japanese dictionary published by Shogakukan)
• 悪木盗泉あくぼくとうせんA virtuous person does (should) not commit an act that offends his moral principles no matter how hard pressed he may be
• 料理温泉りょうりおんせんhot spring inn (onsen ryokan) priding itself on its cuisine
• 新甘泉しんかんせんshinkansen pear; hybrid nashi developed in Tottori prefecture
• 日帰り温泉ひがえりおんせんhot spring resort where customers can bathe without spending the night
• 池泉ちせんpond in a garden
• 池泉回遊式ちせんかいゆうしきstyle of garden that features a path around a pond
• 泉下せんかHades; the hereafter
• 泉亭せんていarbor facing a spring (arbour)
• 泉州せんしゅうQuanzhou (China); Chinchew
• 泉漳語せんしょうごHokkien (language)
• 泉石せんせきsprings and rocks
• 泉貨せんかcoin (esp. an east Asian coin, many of which have a hole in the center)
• 泉貨紙せんかしreclaimed paper
• 泉質せんしつhot spring water quality; spring quality
• 泉門せんもんsoft spot (in the skull of an infant); fontanelle
• 涌泉ゆうせんbubbling spring; gushing spring
• 渇しても盗泉の水を飲まずかっしてもとうせんのみずをのまずbetter starve than fatten on ill-gotten wealth; don't lower yourself to unjust acts, no matter how desperate you are
• 渓泉けいせんa spring that gushes forth from a valley
• 温泉たまごおんせんたまごegg slow-boiled so that the yolk is hard but the white is still soft (traditionally cooked in a hot spring)
• 温泉めぐりおんせんめぐりvisiting multiple hot springs; onsen tour
• 温泉マークおんせんマークsign used to designate a hot spring (e.g. on a map)
• 温泉余土おんせんよどsolfataric clay
• 温泉卵おんせんたまごegg slow-boiled so that the yolk is hard but the white is still soft (traditionally cooked in a hot spring)
• 温泉地おんせんちspa; hot spring
• 温泉場おんせんばplace where there are hot springs; hot springs spa
• 温泉学おんせんがくbalneology (study of therapeutic use of baths)
• 温泉客おんせんきゃくhot spring guest; onsen visitor
• 温泉宿おんせんやどhot spring inn; hot spring hotel
• 温泉巡りおんせんめぐりvisiting multiple hot springs; onsen tour
• 温泉旅館おんせんりょかんinn with hot spring facilities; hot spring inn
• 温泉権おんせんけんhot spring rights; right to make use of hot spring waters
• 温泉泥おんせんどろfango; mud taken from a hot spring
• 温泉浴おんせんよくbathing in a hot spring
• 温泉源おんせんげんthermal spring source; onsen source
• 温泉玉子おんせんたまごegg slow-boiled so that the yolk is hard but the white is still soft (traditionally cooked in a hot spring)

Words that use a kun'yomi

• 泉いずみspring; fountain
• 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; children of (Junichiro) Koizumi
• 泉熱いずみねつIzumi fever (resembles scarlet fever)

Other readings

• 和泉いずみIzumi (former province located in the southwest of present-day Osaka Prefecture)

Showing the 60 most common of 95 words. See them all in the graph.

Kanji that often appear with 泉

• 温
• 黄
• 源
• 間
• 水
• 学
• 塩
• 盗
• 帰
• 池
• 貨
• 飲