緩急

Chinese

 
slow; sluggish; gradual
slow; sluggish; gradual; to postpone
hurried; worried
trad. (緩急) 緩 急
simp. (缓急) 缓 急

Pronunciation


Noun

緩急

  1. pressing or otherwise; greater or lesser urgency; degree of urgency
  2. emergency

Derived terms

  • 緩急相濟/缓急相济
  • 緩急輕重/缓急轻重

Japanese

Kanji in this term
緩 急
かん
Grade: S
きゅう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

/kwankipu/ → /kwankifu/ → /kwankiu/ → /kwankjuː/ → /kankjuː/

From Middle Chinese 緩急 (MC ɦuɑnX kˠiɪp̚).

Pronunciation

Noun

緩(かん)急(きゅう) • (kankyū) ←くわんきふ (kwankifu)?

  1. looseness and tightness
  2. slowness and quickness
  3. emergency
    • the Edict on Education of 1890 (ja: 教育勅語 kyōiku chokugo)
      一(いっ)旦(たん)緩(かん)急(きゅう)あれば義(ぎ)勇(ゆう)公(こう)に奉(ほう)じ、以(も)って天(てん)壌(じょう)無(む)窮(きゅう)の皇(こう)運(うん)を扶(ふ)翼(よく)すべし。
      Ittan kankyū areba giyū kō ni hōji, motte tenjōmukyū no kōun o fuyoku subeshi.
      If an emergency arises, you must loyally and courageously serve the public, and thus support the infinite royal destiny.

Synonyms

  • (slowness and quickness): 遅(ち)速(そく) (chisoku), 疾(しつ)徐(じょ) (shitsujo)
  • (emergency): 緊(きん)急(きゅう) (kinkyū)

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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