間欠泉

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Japanese

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 間欠泉 on Japanese Wikipedia
Kanji in this term
間 欠 泉
かん
Grade: 2 		けつ
Grade: 4 		せん
Grade: 6
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
間缺泉 (kyūjitai)
間歇泉 (dated)

Etymology

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間欠 (kanketsu, “intermittent”) +‎ 泉 (sen, “spring”)

欠 is a daiyōji replacing 歇.

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) かんけつせん [kàńkétsúꜜsèǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])
  • (Tokyo) かんけつせん [kàńkéꜜtsùsèǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • (Tokyo) かんけつせん [kàńkétsúséń] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [kã̠ŋke̞t͡sɨ̥sẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

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間(かん)欠(けつ)泉(せん) • (kanketsusen) 

  1. (planetology, geology, volcanology) a geyser

Descendants

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  • → Chinese: 間歇泉／间歇泉 (jiànxiēquán)
  • → Korean: 간헐천 (ganheolcheon)
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