重言

じゅうげん

Also written じゅうごん

Meanings

1. Noun pleonasm; redundancy; tautology (e.g. 馬から落馬する)
2. kanji compound in which the same character is repeated (e.g. 堂堂)

Kanji

• 重 heavy. Read as ジュウ.
• 言 word. Read as ゲン.

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