Chinese Character 泉 Meanings and components.

Form

泉

Meaning

泉 meaning[3] in English

Spring (Small Stream).

Mouth Of A Spring.

Coin (Archaic).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 泉 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Bai (白) , and surname Shui (水)

Its radical[1] is: 水 (shui3) which means: Surname Shui, .水shui3surname Shui

In cangjie it is written with HAE

How to write 泉

To write泉quan2spring (small … you should write a combination of 白bai2surname Bai , 水shui3surname Shui arranged in a 吕 shape:

白 + 水 = 泉

泉 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 泉 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 泉, looks as follow:

泉
Pinyin:quan2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Spring (Small Stream) . Mouth Of A Spring . Coin (Archaic)
白
Pinyin:bai2
Meaning[3]: Surname Bai
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
水
Pinyin:shui3
Meaning[3]: Surname Shui

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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