汲々

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
汲	汲
きゅう Jinmeiyō	きゅう Jinmeiyō
kan’on

Alternative spelling
汲汲

Etymology edit

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 edit

IPA^(key): [kʲɨᵝːkʲɨᵝː]

Adjective edit

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))

(ideophonic, literary) intent