水源

すいげん

source of river

What does 水源 mean?

水源 is a Japanese noun meaning source of river in English. It is written as 水源 in kanji, すいげん in hiragana, and suigen in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.

Example sentence

川の始まるところが、水源である。

The place where a river starts is its source.