緩急

緩急

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

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

From Middle Chinese 緩急 (MC ɦuɑn^X kˠiɪp̚).

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) か​んきゅう [káꜜǹkyùù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • (Tokyo) かんきゅう [kàńkyúú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [kã̠ŋʲkʲɨᵝː]

緩急 (hiragana かんきゅう, rōmaji kankyū, historical hiragana くわんきふ)

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.

• (slowness and quickness): 遅 (ち)速 (そく) (chisoku), 疾 (しつ)徐 (じょ) (shitsujo)
• (emergency): 緊 (きん)急 (きゅう) (kinkyū)