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spring 泉
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The white 白 water 水 stands for a well.
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原
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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| origin, field, a plain
hara, GEN
厂
泉
白
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Top: cliff 厂, below: variation of spring 泉 (white 白 and small 小 instead of water 水)
Under the cliff, the small spring has its origin.
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線
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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| line, (railway) track, wire
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Left: thread 糸, right: spring/fountain 泉 (= white 白 water 水)
Like a thread flows the spring's water: in a line. (Or: The thread in white water is a [fishing] line.)
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願
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| wish, hope, request
negau, GAN
厂
泉
頁
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Left: origin, plain 原 (Under the cliff 厂 a white 白 small 小 spring 泉 has its origin), right: head, forehead 頁
The origin is in the head of your: wishes and hopes.
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源
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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| source, origin, beginning
minamoto, GEN
氵
厂
泉
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Left: water 氵, right: origin/plain 原 (Under the cliff 厂 the white 白 small 小 spring 泉 has its origin in the plain)
The water in the plain comes from a source.
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泉
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| spring, fountain
izumi, SEN
水
泉
白
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Top: white 白 (The shine ノ of the sun 日 makes it white.), below: water 水
White water from the spring.
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腺
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| gland [anat.]
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Left: body part 月/肉, right: spring/fountain 泉 (It has white 白 water 水)
This bodypart is a "spring": the glands.
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