Chinese

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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欠伸

  1. to yawn and stretch
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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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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

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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

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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

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(けん)(しん) (kenshinけんしん (kensin)?

  1. yawning and stretching

References

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  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, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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欠伸 (heumsin) (hangeul 흠신)

  1. hanja form? of 흠신