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Where does “文化” come from?

文化 (Chinese) comes from Japanese 文化, from Middle Chinese 文化, from Middle Chinese 語.

文化 (Chinese): culture; education; literacy; education through...

Definitions

  1. culture; education; literacy; education through...

Ancestry of “文化”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese文化culture
2Middle Chinese文化the way of educating by using morality,...
3Middle Chinese語—
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