温泉

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
温	泉

温泉: an onsen in Nachikatsuura, Japan

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Etymology

From Middle Chinese 溫泉. Compare modern Mandarin 溫泉 (wēn quán).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• おんせん [òńséń] (Heiban)
• IPA: [õ̞ɴsẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

温泉 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai 溫泉, hiragana おんせん, romaji onsen, historical hiragana をんせん)

1. a hot spring
2. a spa, an onsen

Derived terms

Derived terms

温泉街 (おんせんがい, onsengai): a hot spring resort, a hot spring town 温泉学 (おんせんがく, onsengaku): balneology 温泉郷 (おんせんきょう, onsenkyō): a hot spring village 温泉旅館 (おんせんりょかん, onsen ryokan): a hot spring inn 温泉療法 (おんせんりょうほう, onsen ryōhō): hot spring therapy

See also

• 銭湯 (せんとう, sentō): a bath house

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Mandarin

simpl.		温泉
trad.		溫泉

Noun

温泉 (simplified, Pinyin wēnquán, traditional 溫泉)

1. a hot spring
2. a spa, an onsen

References

• 温泉 on the Mandarin Wikipedia.zh.Wikipedia
• hot spring on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:hot spring
• 1985, Jingrong (ed.) Wu, The Pinyin CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (in Mandarin/English), Beijing, Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, ISBN 0471867969: