Japanese symbol for “fountain”
泉
いずみ
Romaji: izumi
spring; fountain
In Japanese, fountain is 泉, read いずみ (izumi).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- n spring; fountain
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “fountain”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 泉水 | せんすい sensui | fountain |
| 噴泉 | ふんせん funsen | fountain; spring |
| ファウンテン | ファウンテン faunten | fountain |
| 吹き上げ | ふきあげ fukiage | fountain |
| 湧泉 | ゆうせん yuusen | bubbling spring; gushing spring; fountain |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 温泉 | おんせん onsen | hot spring |
| 源泉 | げんせん gensen | source (of a spring, etc.) |
| 泉水 | せんすい sensui | garden pond; miniature lake |
| 温泉郷 | おんせんきょう onsenkyou | hot-spring village; onsen village |
| 和泉 | いずみ izumi | Izumi (former province located in the southwest of present-day Osaka Prefecture) |
| 黄泉 | よみ yomi | Hades; hell; underworld |
See also: Chinese symbol for “fountain”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.