井泉

Chinese

warn; well fountain; spring
simp. and trad.
(井泉)

Pronunciation


Noun

井泉

  1. (literary) well (for collecting water)
  2. (literary) fountainhead; springhead; wellspring

Synonyms

  • (well): 水井 (shuǐjǐng)
  • (fountainhead): 泉源 (quányuán), (literary) 水泉 (shuǐquán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
せい
Grade: 4
せん
Grade: 6
kan’on

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [se̞ːsẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

(せい)(せん) • (seisen) 

  1. a water well
    Synonyms: 井戸 (ido), (i)
    • 1934, Saito Mokichi, Kakinomoto hitomaro, page 553:
      (みぎ)()つの(せい)(せん)は、(どう)(いつ)(けい)(とう)のもので、()(だい)(こう)()()かった(とき)には、(ひと)つの(せい)(せん)であったやうにも(おも) []
      Migi no mitsu no seisen wa, dōitsu keitō no mono de, kodai kōchi no nakatta toki ni wa, hitotsu no seisen de atta yau ni mo omohi []
      The three wells on the right are all of the same origin, and it is thought that long ago before the land was cultivated they were as one well
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