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sneeze

HSK 10
Human Body Face
テイ
くしゃみ、くさめ、くさみ、はな.ひる、ひ.る
Components
mouth+ stumble =
sneeze
Meaning component
kǒu mouth
mouth
Phonetic component
zhì stumble
fall, stumble, falter
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[tì]
sneeze
Japanese
(rare) (rare) くしゃみ くさめ (rare) くっさめ (rare) クシャミ 同音
  1. noun+suru verbintrans. usually kana sneeze; sneezing
  2. exp. idiomaticusually kana spoken twice in response to someone sneezing as a charm against an early death
Example Sentences