動悸

See also: 悸動

Japanese

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

Etymology

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

(Tokyo) どーき [dòókí] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [do̞ːkʲi]

Noun

動(どう)悸(き) • (dōki)

[from 1721] palpitation, beating (of the heart)
Synonym: 心悸 (shinki)
- 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

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
動	悸

Noun

動悸 • (donggye) (hangeul 동계)

hanja form^? of 동계 (“palpitation”)