源泉 yuánquán▶ manantial

Stroke order

源泉 is written in 22 strokes across 2 characters.

• 源 — 13 strokes
• 泉 — 9 strokes

Senses

1. fountainhead
2. well-spring
3. water source
4. fig. origin

Related words

• 来源fuente
• 根源raíz
• 电源fuente de alimentación
• 起源origen
• 能源energía
• 资源recursos

源泉 is pronounced yuánquán and means “manantial”. It belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 源泉 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.