Japanese symbol for “izumi”

和泉

いずみ

Romaji: izumi

Izumi (former province located in the southwest of present-day Osaka Prefecture)

In Japanese, izumi is 和泉, read いずみ (izumi).

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Meanings

n Izumi (former province located in the southwest of present-day Osaka Prefecture)

Kanji and stroke order

和

harmony, Japanese style, peace

on: ワ、オ、カ
kun: やわ.らぐ、やわ.らげる、なご.む、なご.やか

8 strokes · JLPT 2

泉

spring, fountain

on: セン
kun: いずみ

9 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
平和	へいわ heiwa	peace; harmony
昭和	しょうわ shouwa	Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)
緩和	かんわ kanwa	relief; mitigation; alleviation
和解	わかい wakai	reconciliation; amicable settlement; accommodation
和平	わへい wahei	peace
調和	ちょうわ chouwa	harmony; accord; reconciliation
温泉	おんせん onsen	hot spring
源泉	げんせん gensen	source (of a spring, etc.)

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.