滾々

Japanese

Kanji in this term
滾 滾
こん
Hyōgai 		こん
Hyōgai
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
滾滾
渾々
渾渾
混々
混混

Etymology

By surface analysis, reduplication of 滾(こん) (kon), the on'yomi of the kanji 滾 (“to flow”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) こんこん [kòńkóń] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [kõ̞ŋkõ̞ɴ]

Adnominal

滾(こん)々(こん) or 滾々(コンコン) • (konkon) 

  1. (of fluids) copiously flowing; actively and continuously flowing
    泉(いずみ)に滾々(こんこん)と水(みず)が尽(つ)きない
    izumi ni konkon to mizu ga tsukinai
    inexhaustible water flowing copiously from a spring
  2. (figurative, by extension) inexhaustible; continuous
  3. jumbled, thoroughly and irretrievably mixed; disordered; in a chaotic state
    Synonym: 渾沌 (konton)
  4. tumbling, rolling
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