温泉

See also: 溫泉

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 温泉 – see 溫泉 (“hot spring; spa; onsen; Wenquan County; etc.”). (This term is the simplified and variant traditional form of 溫泉).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

温泉 (onsen): an onsen or hot spring in Nachikatsuura, Japan

Kanji in this term
温	泉
おん Grade: 3	せん Grade: 6
kan'on

Alternative spelling
溫泉 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

• /wonsen/ → /onsen/

From Middle Chinese 溫泉 (MC 'won dzjwen, literally “warm + spring”). Compare modern Chinese 溫泉 / 温泉 (wēnquán).

Pronunciation

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• (Tokyo) おんせん [òńséń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [õ̞ɰ̃sẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

温(おん)泉(せん) • (onsen) ^{←をんせん (wonsen)?}

1. a hot spring
   • 1997 August 12, Maekawa, Takeshi, “未(み)知(ち)なる大(だい)地(ち)への巻(まき) [To the Strange Land]”, in [新](しん)[鉄](てっ)[拳](けん)チンミ [New Ironfist Chinmi], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 26:

     なるほど　温(おん)泉(せん)ってのはいいですね——っ

     Naru hodo Onsen tte no wa ii desu ne——'

     Of course. It’d be great to go to a hot spring

2. a spa, an onsen

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 温(おん)泉(せん)街(がい) (onsengai): a hot spring resort, a hot spring town
• 温(おん)泉(せん)学(がく) (onsengaku): balneology
• 温(おん)泉(せん)郷(きょう) (onsenkyō): a hot spring village
• 温(おん)泉(せん)旅(りょ)館(かん) (onsen ryokan): a hot spring inn, spa hotel
• 温(おん)泉(せん)療(りょう)法(ほう) (onsen ryōhō): hot spring therapy
• 天(てん)然(ねん)温(おん)泉(せん) (tennen onsen)

Descendants

• → English: onsen
• → Russian: онсэ́н m (onsɛ́n)

See also

• 銭(せん)湯(とう) (sentō): a bathhouse