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動悸

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See also: 悸動

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
動 悸
どう
Grade: 3 		き
Hyōgai
kan'yōon kan'on

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 動悸 (MC duwngX gjwijH, literally “move + palpitate”). First attested in Japanese in 1721, in a street theater play referencing a line from the fifth-century Chinese text, 後漢書 / 后汉书 (Hòuhànshū, “Book of the Later Han”).[1]

Does not appear to be related to phonosemantic and onomatopoeic root どき (doki).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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動(どう)悸(き) • (dōki) 

  1. [from 1721] palpitation, beating (of the heart)
    Synonym: 心悸
    • 1923, 国枝史郎, 沙漠の古都:
      好(こう)奇(き)心(しん)に駆(か)られて私(わたし)の胸(むね)は烈(はげ)しくドキドキと動(どう)悸(き)を打(う)つ。
      Kōkishin ni kararete watashi no mune wa hageshiku dokidoki to dōki o utsu.
      My curiosity causes my heart to pound furiously.

References

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  1. ^ “動悸・動気”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term
動悸

Noun

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動悸 • (donggye) (hangeul 동계)

  1. hanja form? of 동계 (“palpitation”)
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