欠伸

Chinese

 
deficient; owe; to lack
deficient; owe; to lack; yawn
to stretch; to extend
simp. and trad.
(欠伸)
alternative forms 欠申

Pronunciation


Verb

欠伸

  1. to yawn and stretch

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
あくび
Grade: 4 Grade: S
jukujikun

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), borrowed from Chinese 欠伸 (qiànshēn).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 欠伸 – see the following entry.
あくび
[noun] , 欠伸: [from 901] a yawn, yawning
[verb] to yawn
Alternative spelling
(This term, 欠伸, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
けん
Grade: 4
しん
Grade: S
kan’on

Learned borrowing from Chinese 欠伸 (qiànshēn). First attested in the early 1300s writings of Zen monk 明極楚俊 (Minki Soshun), an immigrant to Japan from the Yuan dynasty in China.[1]

This reading appears to be largely obsolete in modern Japanese, and the term is not listed in all dictionaries.[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

(けん)(しん) (kenshin) けんしん (kensin)?

  1. yawning and stretching

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

欠伸 (heumsin) (hangeul 흠신)

  1. Hanja form? of 흠신.
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