Chinese edit

tender; gentle; to die prematurely depart; die
trad. (夭逝)
simp. #(夭逝)

Pronunciation edit


Note: jiu1 sai6 - common variant.

Verb edit

夭逝

  1. (literary) to die young
  2. (literary, figuratively) to come to a premature end; to be short-lived; to be aborted prematurely

Synonyms edit

  • (to die young):

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
よう
Hyōgaiji
せい
Grade: S
on’yomi kan’on

Etymology edit

Ultimately from Chinese 夭逝 (literally die young + die, pass away), possibly as a learned borrowing from Chinese. Likely used as a slight orthographic variant of more-common and older synonym 夭折 (yōsetsu), adding the (chuò) element to the character. Listed in some dictionaries as a synonym for 夭折 (yōsetsu) with more Chinese overtones.[1]

First cited to 1935, compared to a first attestation of 756 CE for 夭折 (yōsetsu).[2]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(よう)(せい) (yōseiえうせい (eusei)?

  1. [from 1935] a premature death, dying while still young
    Synonym: 夭折 (yōsetsu)

Verb edit

(よう)(せい)する (yōsei suruえうせい (eusei)?intransitive suru (stem (よう)(せい) (yōsei shi), past (よう)(せい)した (yōsei shita))

  1. [from 1935] to die prematurely, to die while still young
    Synonym: 夭折 (yōsetsu)

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

夭逝 (yoseo) (hangeul 요서)

  1. Hanja form? of 요서.