Where does “萬年筆” come from?

萬年筆 (Chinese) comes from Japanese 万年筆, from Japanese 筆, from Japanese 文, from Middle Chinese 文.

萬年筆 (Chinese): fountain pen

Definitions

  1. fountain pen

Ancestry of “萬年筆”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese万年筆a fountain pen
2Japanese筆a writing brush, a painting brush, a pen;...
3Japanese文the mon, an old currency; a unit of length for...
4Middle Chinese文—
Every word from Middle Chinese 文 →Every word from Japanese 文 →Every word from Japanese 筆 →