汲々

Japanese

Kanji in this term
汲	汲
きゅう Jinmeiyō	きゅう Jinmeiyō
kan’on

Alternative spelling
汲汲

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 汲汲 (MC kˠiɪp̚ kˠiɪp̚). The second character is replaced with the 々 symbol, the Japanese ditto mark to show duplication of the preceding character.

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on

IPA^(key): [kʲɨᵝːkʲɨᵝː]

Adjective

汲(きゅう)々(きゅう) • (kyūkyū) ^{←きふきふ (kifukifu)^?} ^†-tari (adnominal 汲(きゅう)々(きゅう)たる (kyūkyū taru), adverbial 汲(きゅう)々(きゅう)と (kyūkyū to) or 汲(きゅう)々(きゅう)として (kyūkyū to shite))

(ideophonic, literary) intent

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