Where does “太鼓” come from?
太鼓 (Chinese) comes from Japanese 太鼓, from Japanese 太, from Middle Chinese 太 — great.
太鼓 (Chinese): taiko drums
Ancestry of “太鼓”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 太鼓 | a drum; more specifically, one of various sizes... |
| 2 | Japanese | 太 | fatness; a fat person, a fatty; fat-necked... |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 太 | great |