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Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

⟨sipu⟩/ɕiɸu//ɕifu/ → */ɕiwu//ɕiu/

From Old Japanese.

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強ふ(しう) (shiuしふ (sifu)?transitive nidan

  1. (Classical Japanese, archaic) to compel, compulse, force

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Etymology edit

From a stem sip- possibly cognate with verb 癈ふ (sipu, to lose function (said of body organs)). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

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強ふ (sipu) (kana しふ)

  1. to compel, compulse, force

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  • Japanese: 強ふ (shiu)強いる (shiiru)