懇切

See also: 恳切

Chinese

earnest close to; to cut; to slice
trad. (懇切)
simp. (恳切)

Pronunciation


Adjective

懇切

  1. sincere; earnest; cordial

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こん
Grade: S
せつ
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 懇切恳切 (kʰən tshet, literally sincere, earnest, cordial + close).

Pronunciation

Adjective

(こん)(せつ) • (konsetsu) -na (adnominal (こん)(せつ) (konsetsu na), adverbial (こん)(せつ) (konsetsu ni))

  1. kind, considerate
  2. detailed, exhaustive

Inflection

Noun

(こん)(せつ) • (konsetsu) 

  1. kindness, cordiality
  2. exhaustiveness

References

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