Where does “切手” come from?

切手 (Chinese) comes from Japanese 切手, from Japanese 切符, from Japanese 切る, from Japanese 裏切り, from Japanese 裏 — back; behind; other side; inside; reverse side of...

切手 (Chinese): postage stamp

Definitions

  1. postage stamp

Ancestry of “切手”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese切手a stamp; a substitute for postage stuck to the...
2Japanese切符train ticket; Used to refer to train tickets....
3Japanese切るto cut, to slice, to carve; cut down, fell, chop...
4Japanese裏切りtreachery, betrayal
5Japanese裏back; behind; other side; inside; reverse side of...
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