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 kip kip). The second character is replaced with the 々 symbol, the Japanese ditto mark to show duplication of the preceding character.

Pronunciation
  • 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)とした (kyūkyū to shita) or 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))

  1. (ideophonic, literary) intent
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