鼾

Glyph origin
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Etymology 1
From. Compare 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1)  to snore
 * 2) snore; snoring

Definitions

 * 1)  the sound of snoring; to snore

Etymology 1
From.

Only found in compounds. Not used in isolation.

Affix

 * 1) snoring

Derived terms

 * : to sleep while snoring
 * : the sound of snoring, a snoring voice

Etymology 2
Originally a compound of.

Noun

 * 1) snoring, a snore

Derived terms

 * : a fake snore, a snore deliberately made to make one appear to be asleep
 * : a loud snore

Verb

 * 1) to snore

Usage notes
The verb sense “to snore” is more commonly expressed using the verbal phrases 鼾 or 鼾.

Etymology 3
Apparently the of obsolete verb.

The sense may have arisen from how one's breathing may be spastic and vaguely similar to snoring when suffering an epileptic seizure.

However, the conjugation of this putative verb is unknown, and it is only encountered in what would be the nominalized of kutsuchi. This leaves open the possibility of alternative origins:


 * May be a compound of.
 * The sense may be a compound of.

Noun

 * 1)  snoring
 * 2)  epilepsy

Derived terms

 * : a person who has epilepsy; a snorer, a person who snores
 * : to sleep while snoring