spring water; welling water; spring
Formal or literary term for water naturally emerging from the ground; often used in environmental, geographical, or poetic contexts.
Spring water wells up from the foot of the mountain.
This area has abundant spring water and has supported people's lives since ancient times.
The spring water from the mountain is cold and very delicious.
Every morning I go to collect spring water nearby.
This town is a tourist spot famous for its spring water.
湧水 is natural spring water welling up from the ground, while 泉水 more broadly covers both such springs and man-made ponds or fountains.
地下水 refers to water still underground (groundwater), whereas 湧水 is specifically that water after it has emerged at the surface.
Standard kanji spelling; the most common form in modern usage.
Contains the outdated kanji 涌; rarely used today.
Compound of 湧 (yu, 'to well up') + 水 (sui, 'water'). The kanji 湧 is the modern standard form; 涌 is an older variant.