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Kotomora

齁

snore loudly, very, extremely

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Readings

On'yomi

  • コウ
  • ク
  • コ

Kun'yomi

  • かぎばな

Meaning

齁 centers on loud snoring, with the extended sense of something being very or extremely something, likely from the intensity of the snoring.

Study

Etymology

齁 combines 鼻 (nose) with 句, which likely contributes the sound. The exact historical development is uncertain, but the structure suggests a phono-semantic compound related to nasal sounds.

Meaning mnemonic

The nose 鼻 is making a loud sound like a bent phrase 句: imagine a nose snoring so loudly it forms a visible speech bubble.

Reading mnemonic

For コウ, picture a nose snoring so loudly it sounds like a deep cough: cough -> コウ, and the snoring is extremely loud.