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鼾声

鼾声

See also: 鼾聲

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 鼾聲.
(This term, 鼾声, is the simplified form of 鼾聲.)
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かん
Hyōgaiji
せい
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 鼾聲 (khan? syeng, literally snoring + sound). Compare modern Mandarin reading hānshēng.

Pronunciation

Noun

鼾声 (hiragana かんせい, romaji kansei)

  1. the sound of snoring

Synonyms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  • 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan