Chinese

Noun

砉然

1. (literary) the sound given off when skin and bone separate

Japanese

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 砉然.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) けきぜん [kèkízéń] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ke̞kʲizẽ̞ɴ]

Adjectival noun

砉然 ‎(-tari inflection, hiragana けきぜん, romaji kekizen)

1. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought): giving off a noise like separation of skin from bone

   1905, Natsume Sōseki, Kairo-kō:

   砉然と故なきに響を起して、白き筋の横縦に鏡に浮くとき、その人末期の覚悟せよ。

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9