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CHINESE CHARACTER

quán

泉

泉

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spring (small stream)

Numbered pinyin
quan2
English meanings
spring (small stream), mouth of a spring, coin (archaic)

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Top–bottom structure

Top–bottom arrangement: top 白; bottom 水.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿱白水

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    yīyǎn一眼quán泉。

    A spring.

  2. 02

    quán泉shuǐ水。

    Spring water.

  3. 03

    shān山quán泉。

    A mountain spring.

  4. 04

    quán泉shuǐ水hěn很qīng清。

    Clear spring water.

  5. 05

    wēnquán温泉。

    A hot spring.

  6. 06

    quán泉yǎn眼。

    A spring source.

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