Japanese

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Kanji in this term
きゅう
Jinmeiyō
きゅう
Jinmeiyō
kan'on
Alternative spelling
汲汲

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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(きゅう)(きゅう) (kyūkyūきふきふ (kifukifu)?-tari (adnominal (きゅう)(きゅう)とした (kyūkyū to shita) or (きゅう)(きゅう)たる (kyūkyū taru), adverbial (きゅう)(きゅう) (kyūkyū to) or (きゅう)(きゅう)として (kyūkyū to shite))

  1. (ideophonic, literary) intent