夭逝

		tender; gentle; to die prematurely	depart; die
trad. (夭逝)		夭	逝
simp. #(夭逝)		夭	逝

夭逝

1. (literary) to die young
2. (literary, figuratively) to come to a premature end; to be short-lived; to be aborted prematurely

• (to die young):

Kanji in this term
夭	逝
よう Hyōgai	せい Grade: S
on'yomi	kan'on

Ultimately from Chinese 夭逝 (literally “die young + die, pass away”), possibly as a learned borrowing from Chinese. Likely used as a slight orthographic variant of more-common and older synonym 夭折 (yōsetsu), adding the 辶 (chuò) element to the 折 character. Listed in some dictionaries as a synonym for 夭折 (yōsetsu) with more Chinese overtones.^[1]

First cited to 1935, compared to a first attestation of 756 CE for 夭折 (yōsetsu).^[2]

• (Tokyo) よーせー [yòóséé] (Heiban – [0])^[1][3][4]
• IPA^(key): [jo̞ːse̞ː]

夭(よう)逝(せい) • (yōsei) ^{←えうせい (eusei)?}

1. [from 1935] a premature death, dying while still young

   Synonym: 夭折 (yōsetsu)

夭(よう)逝(せい)する • (yōsei suru) ^{←えうせい (eusei)?}intransitive suru (stem 夭(よう)逝(せい)し (yōsei shi), past 夭(よう)逝(せい)した (yōsei shita))

1. [from 1935] to die prematurely, to die while still young

   Synonym: 夭折 (yōsetsu)

Hanja in this term
夭	逝

夭逝 • (yoseo) (hangeul 요서)

1. hanja form^? of 요서