See also: 矍铄

Chinese edit

surname; glance fearfully bright; melt; fuse (metal)
trad. (矍鑠)
simp. (矍铄)

Pronunciation edit


Adjective edit

矍鑠

  1. (literary) old but full of energy; sprightly
    父親看起來精神矍鑠老人 [MSC, trad.]
    父亲看起来精神矍铄老人 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā de fùqīn kànqǐlái shì yī wèi jīngshén juéshuò de lǎorén. [Pinyin]
    His father looks like a sprightly old man.

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
かく
Hyōgaiji
しゃく
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Etymology edit

Derived from Middle Chinese 矍鑠 (MC kjwak syak).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

(かく)(しゃく) (kakushakuくわくしやく (kwakusyaku)?-tari (adnominal (かく)(しゃく)とした (kakushaku to shita) or (かく)(しゃく)たる (kakushaku taru), adverbial (かく)(しゃく) (kakushaku to) or (かく)(しゃく)として (kakushaku to shite))

  1. (literary) old but full of energy; sprightly

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References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN