Chinese edit

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

Pronunciation edit


Verb edit

欠伸

  1. to yawn and stretch

Related terms edit

Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Noun edit

(けん)(しん) (kenshinけんしん (kensin)?

  1. yawning and stretching

References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

欠伸 (heumsin) (hangeul 흠신)

  1. Hanja form? of 흠신.