Where does “時計” come from?

時計 (Chinese) comes from Japanese 時計, from Middle Chinese 土圭.

時計 (Chinese): clock; timepiece; timekeeper

Definitions

  1. clock; timepiece; timekeeper

Ancestry of “時計”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese時計a clock, a watch, a timepiece, a timekeeper
2Middle Chinese土圭—
Every word from Middle Chinese 土圭 →Every word from Japanese 時計 →
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