Where does “被爆者” come from?

被爆者 (Chinese) comes from Japanese 被爆者, from Japanese 者, from Middle Chinese 者.

被爆者 (Chinese): hibakusha

Definitions

  1. hibakusha

Ancestry of “被爆者”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese被爆者a person who was bombed; a victim of the atomic...
2Japanese者person; someone of that type, someone who does...
3Middle Chinese者—
Every word from Middle Chinese 者 →Every word from Japanese 者 →Every word from Japanese 被爆者 →