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Chinese
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deep; profound
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to change; more; even more to change; more; even more; further; still; still more
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| trad. (深更)
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深
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更
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| simp. #(深更)
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深
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更
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| anagram
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更深
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Pronunciation
Noun
深更
- very late at night; middle of the night
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Japanese
Etymology
/ɕinkau/ → /ɕinkɔː/ → /ɕinkoː/
Appears to be from Middle Chinese 深更 (MC syim kaeng). Also analyzable as a compound of 深 (shin, “deep”) + 更 (kō, “late night”, in reference to one of the five night-watchman shifts in pre-modern Japan).
Pronunciation
Noun
深更 • (shinkō) ←しんかう (sinkau)?
- the middle of the night, late at night
References
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN