泉(quán)

HSK 49 strokes

spring (small stream)

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Character information

Pinyin
quán
Meaning
spring (small stream); mouth of a spring; coin (archaic)
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 4
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 泉 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱白水

Water 水 flowing from a spring 白

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

白bái水shuǐ

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 泉 step by step

9 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 泉

Common words using 泉 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

kuàng矿quán泉shuǐ水
HSK 4

mineral water

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pēn喷quán泉
HSK 7-9

fountain

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yuán源quán泉
HSK 7-9

fountainhead

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wēn温quán泉
HSK 7-9

see 温泉县

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jiǔ九quán泉

the nine springs; the underworld of Chinese mythology; Hades

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xiǎo小quán泉

Koizumi (name); KOIZUMI Jun'ichirō, Japanese LDP politician, prime minister…

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bào抱hèn恨huáng黄quán泉

(idiom) to harbor regrets into the afterlife

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quán泉zhōu州

see 泉州市[Quan2 zhou1 Shi4]

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矿水喷源温九小抱

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