水源
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Chinese
| water; river | root; source; origin | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (水源) |
水 | 源 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
水源
- source of a river; headwaters; headspring; fountainhead
- water source; water supply
Synonyms
- (source of a river): (literary, or in compounds) 源 (yuán), 源頭／源头 (yuántóu)
- (water source): 源泉 (yuánquán)
Proper noun
水源
- (～鎮) Shuiyuan (a town in Yongchang, Jinchang, Gansu, China)
- (～鄉) (historical) Shuiyuan (a former township in Yongchang, Jinchang, Gansu, China)
- (～里) An urban village in Tamsui district, New Taipei, Taiwan
Derived terms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 水 | 源 |
| すい Grade: 1 |
げん Grade: 6 |
| on’yomi | |
Pronunciation
Noun
- Source of a river; fountainhead; headwaters.
- Suwon; a city in South Korea.
References
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.