鴃舌
Chinese
shrike | tongue | ||
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trad. (鴃舌) | 鴃 | 舌 | |
simp. (𫛞舌) | 𫛞 | 舌 | |
Literally: “cry of a shrike”. |
Pronunciation
Noun
鴃舌
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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鴃 | 舌 |
げき Hyōgaiji |
ぜつ Grade: 6 |
on’yomi |
Etymology
From 南蛮鴃舌 (nanbangekizetsu), from 鴃 (geki, “shrike”) + 舌 (zetsu, “tongue”), alluding to the shrike's persistent, screech-like call.
Noun
鴃舌 • (gekizetsu)
- (derogatory, archaic) barbarian gibberish; the incomprehensible, annoying language of foreigners
- 1823, Satō Nobuhiro, 混同秘策 [Kondou Hisaku]:
- 支那既ニ版図ニ入るの上は其西域暹羅、印度亞ノ国、侏𠌯、鴃舌、衣冠詭異ノ徒、漸々ニ徳ヲ慕ヒ威ヲ畏レ稽顙匍匐シテ臣僕ニ隷セザルコトヲ得ンヤ
- Shina sude ni hanto ni hairu no ue wa sono seiiki Shamu, Indo-a no kuni, Shuri, gekizetsu, ikan-kii no to, zenzen ni toku o shitai i o osore keisō hofuku shite shinboku ni reisezaru koto o en ya
- After China is incorporated into our territory, the nations to the west, namely: Siam, Indonesia[sic], Okinawa, and other peoples of incomprehensible tongues, those claimants of counterfeit nobility, will gradually come to admire our virtue and fear our majesty, and thus have no choice but to submit themselves to us and become our subjects.
- 支那既ニ版図ニ入るの上は其西域暹羅、印度亞ノ国、侏𠌯、鴃舌、衣冠詭異ノ徒、漸々ニ徳ヲ慕ヒ威ヲ畏レ稽顙匍匐シテ臣僕ニ隷セザルコトヲ得ンヤ
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