Word Meaning 黄泉

こうせん kousen

黄泉 is read as こうせん (kousen) and means underground spring.

Meaning

English

underground spring
Hades
hell
underworld

Reading

Kana

こうせん

Romaji

kousen

Writing Variants

黄泉よみ yomi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Synonyms 彼の世,冥界,冥土,冥途,冥府,幽界 Rank 145529 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

黄泉の国

よみのくに

hades

黄泉国

よもつくに

hades

黄泉比良坂

よもつひらさか

Yomotsu Hirasaka (slope that leads to the land of the dead)

黄泉帰る

よみじがえる

to be resurrected

黄泉路

よみじ

road to Hades

黄泉戸喫

よもつへぐい

eating the food of the dead (which prevents return from the underworld)

硫黄泉

いおうせん

sulfur spring

黄色

きいろ

yellow

黄金

こがね

gold

黄金

おうごん

gold (Au)

黄色い

きいろい