間欠泉

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Japanese

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 間欠泉 on Japanese Wikipedia
Kanji in this term
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) +‎ (sen, spring)

is a daiyōji replacing .

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) んけせん [kàńkétsúꜜsèǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])
  • (Tokyo) んけせん [kàńkéꜜtsùsèǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • (Tokyo) んけせん [kàńkétsúséń] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [kã̠ŋke̞t͡sɨ̥ᵝsẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

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(かん)(けつ)(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)