Chinese symbol for “fountain”
喷泉
pēn quán
Traditional: 噴泉
fountain
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fountain is 喷泉 (pēn quán), defined as: fountain.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “fountain”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 喷泉.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 喷射 (噴射) | pēn shè | to spurt; to spray; to jet; spurt; spray; jet |
| 喷发 (噴發) | pēn fā | to erupt; an eruption |
| 喷雾 (噴霧) | pēn wù | mist spray; atomizing |
| 喷出 (噴出) | pēn chū | spout; spray |
| 喷气 (噴氣) | pēn qì | to spurt steam (or air etc) |
| 温泉 (溫泉) | wēn quán | hot spring |
| 源泉 | yuán quán | fountainhead; well-spring |
| 泉水 | quán shuǐ | spring water; measure word: 股 (gǔ) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “fountain”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.