黃泉

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According to Chinese folklore, water appears yellow in color when it is underground. This became representative of the underworld due to its location under the earth and the practice of burial in Chinese culture.

黃泉

1. underground spring

   • 夫蚓，上食槁壤，下飲黃泉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     夫蚓，上食槁壤，下饮黄泉。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Fú yǐn, shàng shí gǎorǎng, xià yǐn huángquán.

     Now, an earthworm eats the dry mould above, and drinks the yellow spring below.

2. (figuratively) underworld; the land of the dead

   • 不及黃泉，無相見也！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     不及黄泉，无相见也！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Bù jí huángquán, wú xiàngjiàn yě!

     May we not meet again till death!

• (underworld): (figuratively, euphemism, colloquial, jocular) 老家 (lǎojiā), 陰間／阴间 (yīnjiān)

Others:

• → Vietnamese: suối vàng (calque)

黃(こう)泉(せん) • (kōsen) ^{←くわうせん (kwausen)?}
(alternative reading hiragana よみ, rōmaji yomi)

1. Kyūjitai form of 黄泉 (kōsen, yomi): the land of the dead, afterworld, underworld

黃泉 • (hwangcheon) (hangeul 황천)

1. hanja form^? of 황천 (“underworld”)

From Proto-Japonic *yəməy.

The kanji spelling is an orthographic borrowing from Middle Chinese 黃泉 (MC hwang dzjwen, literally “yellow springs”), incorporating the underworld from Chinese mythology.

黃泉 (*yo₂mi₂) (kana よみ)

1. (Shinto mythology) the land of the dead, afterworld, underworld

• 葦原の中つ國 (asipara no₂ nakatukuni)
• 高天原 (takama no₂ para)

• 黃泉つ (yo₂mo₂ tu)
• 蘇る (yo₂mi₂gape₁ru)
• 黃泉路 (yo₂mi₂di)

• Japanese: 黄泉 (yomi)

黃泉

1. chữ Hán form of hoàng tuyền (“underworld”).