間欠泉

Japanese

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

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

欠 is a daiyōji replacing 歇.

Pronunciation

• (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

間(かん)欠(けつ)泉(せん) • (kanketsusen) 

1. (planetology, geology, volcanology) a geyser

Descendants

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

References

• “間欠泉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026