矍鑠

See also: 矍铄

Chinese
surname; glance fearfully bright; melt; fuse (metal)
trad. (矍鑠) 矍 鑠
simp. (矍铄) 矍 铄

Pronunciation

Adjective

矍鑠

  1. (literary) old but full of energy; sprightly
    他的父親看起來是一位精神矍鑠的老人。 [MSC, trad.]
    他的父亲看起来是一位精神矍铄的老人。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā de fùqīn kànqǐlái shì yī wèi jīngshén juéshuò de lǎorén. [Pinyin]
    His father looks like a sprightly old man.

Japanese
Kanji in this term
矍 鑠
かく
Hyōgaiji		 しゃく
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Etymology

Derived from Middle Chinese 矍鑠 (MC kjwak syak).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) かくしゃく [kàkúshákú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠kɯ̟ᵝɕa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Adjective

矍(かく)鑠(しゃく) • (kakushaku) ←くわくしやく (kwakusyaku)?†-tari (adnominal 矍(かく)鑠(しゃく)とした (kakushaku to shita) or 矍(かく)鑠(しゃく)たる (kakushaku taru), adverbial 矍(かく)鑠(しゃく)と (kakushaku to) or 矍(かく)鑠(しゃく)として (kakushaku to shite))

  1. (literary) old but full of energy; sprightly

Inflection

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References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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