泉 quán water spring
spring
怎么记住“泉”: 白 white + 水 water = water spring. The hikers cheer as white foam bubbles up and fresh water pours out of the rock, a real mountain water spring.
部件结构
象形 · Pictogram
A drawing of the thing it means.
泉 = 白 white + 水 water
- 白 white
- 水 water
The hikers cheer as white foam bubbles up and fresh water pours out of the rock, a real mountain water spring.
How it came to be
The oldest form shows water flowing out of the mouth of a spring.
用法
- A natural spring, water rising from the ground: 温泉 (wēnquán) hot spring, 喷泉 (pēnquán) fountain, 矿泉水 (kuàngquánshuǐ) mineral (spring) water.
- Distinct from 井 (jǐng) a dug well: 泉 flows up on its own.
- Figurative 源泉 (yuánquán) = the wellspring / source of something: 力量的源泉 (lìliàng de yuánquán) the source of strength.
含“泉”的词语
例句
- 矿泉水的味道很甘甜。 Kuàngquánshuǐ de wèidao hěn gāntián.The mineral water tastes very sweet.