混凝土
Chinese
to mix; to get along; thoughtless to mix; to get along; thoughtless; confused; dirty; mix | congeal; concentrate attention | earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian | ||
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trad. (混凝土) | 混 | 凝 | 土 | |
simp. #(混凝土) | 混 | 凝 | 土 |
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 混凝土 (konkurīto), in turn from English concrete.
Pronunciation
Noun
混凝土
- concrete (building material)
Synonyms
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Related terms
- 水泥 (shuǐní)
Japanese
Kanji in this term | ||
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混 | 凝 | 土 |
こん Grade: 5 (ateji) | こり > くりー Grade: S | と Grade: 1 |
on’yomi | irregular | kan’on |
Etymology
Phono-semantic matching of English concrete: from 混 (kon, “to blend; to mix”) + 凝 (kori, “congealing”) + 土 (to, “dirt; soil”); coined by Isamu Hiroi (広井勇).
Noun
混凝土 • (konkurīto)
- Alternative spelling of コンクリート