懇切

See also: 恳切

Chinese

earnest close to; to cut; to slice
trad. (懇切)
simp. (恳切)

Pronunciation


Adjective

懇切

  1. sincere; earnest; cordial

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こん
Grade: S
せつ
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 懇切恳切 (kʰən tshet, literally sincere, earnest, cordial + close).

Pronunciation

Adjective

(こん)(せつ) (konsetsu) -na (adnominal (こん)(せつ) (konsetsu na), adverbial (こん)(せつ) (konsetsu ni))

  1. kind, considerate
  2. detailed, exhaustive

Inflection

Noun

(こん)(せつ) (konsetsu) 

  1. kindness, cordiality
  2. exhaustiveness

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.