The Chinese Radical: 泉




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Meaning
spring, source    泉

Explanation sometimes used as 原

Used in these characters:
HSK 3
desire, hope, wish
yuàn
Top: source/origin 原 (At the cliff 厂 the "small spring" (= "white 白 water 川" = 泉 + 小) has its origin.), bottom: heart 心
They have their source in the heart: the desires.  
HSK 4
origin, cause, primary
yuán
Top: cliff 厂, bottom: variant of spring 泉 (white 白 and small 小 instead of water 水)
Under the cliff, the small spring has its origin.  
HSK 4
spring (small stream) spring water, fountain
quán
Top: white 白 (The shine ノ of the sun 日 makes it white.), bottom: water 水
White water from the spring.  
HSK 5
source, origin (of a river), reason
yuán
Left: water 氵, right: origin, source 原 (At the cliff 厂, the "small spring" [spring 泉 & small 小] has its origin.)
The water has its origin at the: origin/spring.  
no HSK
gland
xiàn
Left: body part 月/肉, right: spring/fountain 泉 (... of white 白 water 水)
The body's "springs" are the glands.  

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