緩急

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Chinese

slow; sluggish; gradual
slow; sluggish; gradual; to postpone
 
 hurried; worried
trad. (緩急) 緩 急
simp. (缓急) 缓 急
anagram 急緩／急缓

Pronunciation

Noun

緩急

  1. pressing or otherwise; greater or lesser urgency; degree of urgency
  2. emergency

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
緩 急
かん
Grade: S 		きゅう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

/kwankipu/ → /kwankifu/ → /kwankiu/ → /kwankjuː/ → /kankjuː/

From Middle Chinese 緩急 (MC hwanX kip).

Pronunciation

Noun

緩(かん)急(きゅう) • (kankyū) ←くわんきふ (kwankifu)?

  1. looseness and tightness
  2. slowness and quickness
  3. emergency
    • the Edict on Education of 1890 (ja: 教育勅語 kyōiku chokugo)
      一(いっ)旦(たん)緩(かん)急(きゅう)あれば義(ぎ)勇(ゆう)公(こう)に奉(ほう)じ、以(も)って天(てん)壌(じょう)無(む)窮(きゅう)の皇(こう)運(うん)を扶(ふ)翼(よく)すべし。
      Ittan kankyū areba giyū kō ni hōji, motte tenjōmukyū no kōun o fuyoku subeshi.
      If an emergency arises, you must loyally and courageously serve the public, and thus support the infinite royal destiny.

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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