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 forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • On’yomi
    • (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): [kã̠ŋke̞t͡sɨ̥ᵝsẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

間欠泉 (hiragana かんけつせん, rōmaji kanketsusen)

  1. (planetology, geology, volcanology) a geyser

Descendants

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