井泉

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Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jǐngquán

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄑㄩㄢˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jǐngquán
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jǐngcyuán
  - Wade–Giles: ching³-chʻüan²
  - Yale: jǐng-chywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiingchyuan
  - Palladius: цзинцюань (czincjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/

Noun

井泉

(literary) well (for collecting water)
(literary) fountainhead; springhead; wellspring

Synonyms

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
井	泉
せい Grade: 4	せん Grade: 6
kan'on

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

井(せい)泉(せん) • (seisen)

a water well
Synonyms: 井戸 (ido), 井 (i)
- 1934, Saito Mokichi, Kakinomoto hitomaro, page 553:
  
  右(みぎ)の三(み)つの井(せい)泉(せん)は、同(どう)一(いつ)系(けい)統(とう)のもので、古(こ)代(だい)耕(こう)地(ち)の無(な)かった時(とき)には、一(ひと)つの井(せい)泉(せん)であったやうにも思(おも)ひ
  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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