欠伸

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

Pronunciation

Verb

欠伸

  1. to yawn and stretch

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
欠 伸
あくび
Grade: 4 Grade: S
jukujikun

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), borrowed from Chinese 欠伸 (qiànshēn).

Definitions
For pronunciation and definitions of 欠伸 – see the following entry.
【あくび】
[noun] 欠, 欠伸: [from 901] a yawn, yawning
[verb] to yawn
Alternative spelling
欠
(This term, 欠伸, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
欠 伸
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
  • (Tokyo) けんしん [kèńshíń] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [kẽ̞ɰ̃ɕĩɴ]

Noun

欠(けん)伸(しん) • (kenshin) ←けんしん (kensin)?

  1. yawning and stretching

References
  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
Hanja in this term
欠伸

Noun

欠伸 • (heumsin) (hangeul 흠신)

  1. Hanja form? of 흠신.
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