混凝土

Chinese

 
to mix; to get along; thoughtless
to mix; to get along; thoughtless; confused; dirty; mix
congeal; concentrate attention
 
earth; dust; rural
earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
trad. (混凝土)
simp. #(混凝土)

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 混凝土 (konkurīto), in turn from English concrete.

Pronunciation


Noun

混凝土

  1. concrete (building material)

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こん
Grade: 5
(ateji)
こり > くりー
Grade: S

Grade: 1
on’yomi irregular kan’on

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English concrete: from (こん) (kon, to blend; to mix) + (こり) (kori, congealing) + () (to, dirt; soil); coined by Isamu Hiroi (広井勇).

Noun

混凝土(コンクリート) (konkurīto) 

  1. Alternative spelling of コンクリート
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