Water that naturally flows out of the ground; often used for drinking water or natural springs.
The spring water from this mountain is very cold and delicious.
The villagers use spring water for their daily needs.
湧き水 emphasizes the action of water gushing up from the ground, while 清水 focuses on the resulting purity and clarity of that water.
Standard kanji spelling.
Search-only mixed kanji-kana form.
Rarely used kanji form; 涌 is a variant of 湧.
Compound of 湧き (waki, the continuative form of 湧く 'to spring forth') + 水 (mizu 'water').