- 温泉 — hot spring
- 泉水 — fountain / spring water
- 名泉 — famous spring
- 泉源 — spring source
- 鉱泉 — mineral spring
- 泉下 — the afterlife (poetic)
泉 is a pictograph of water emerging from rock — a natural spring. It appears in nature words (温泉) and figurative “sources.” Place names like 和泉 use the kun reading いずみ.
