Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N2

1086 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: spring, fountain

Kunyomi: いずみ

Onyomi: セン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: みず

Meaning: water

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

(おんせん)   onsen, hot spring, spa

(れいせん)   cold mineral spring

(こうせん)   mineral spring

(げんせん)   source

(いずみ)   spring, fountain

Onyomi Examples

センスイ garden pond, miniature lake, fountain

センカ Hades, the hereafter

ゲンセン source (of a spring, etc.), source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.), origin, wellspring

天然温 テンネンオンセン natural hot spring

Kunyomi Examples

いずみ spring, fountain

いずみねつ Izumi fever (resembles scarlet fever)

知識の ちしきのいずみ source of knowledge