矍鑠

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See also: 矍铄

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): juéshuò

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄕㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fok³ soek³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: juéshuò
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄕㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyuéshuò
  - Wade–Giles: chüeh²-shuo⁴
  - Yale: jywé-shwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyueshuoh
  - Palladius: цзюэшо (czjuešo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ ʂu̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fok³ soek³
  - Yale: fok seuk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fok⁸ soek⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: fog³ sêg³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːk̚³ sœːk̚³/

Adjective

矍鑠

(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.
His father looks like a sprightly old man.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
矍	鑠
かく Hyōgai	しゃく Hyōgai
on'yomi

Etymology

Derived from Middle Chinese 矍鑠 (MC kjwak syak).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かくしゃく (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

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))

(literary) old but full of energy; sprightly

Inflection

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References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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