Where does “長音符” come from?

長音符 (Chinese) comes from Chinese 長 — long.

長音符 (Chinese): long-vowel mark; macron or Japanese chōonpu

Definitions

  1. long-vowel mark; macron or Japanese chōonpu

Ancestry of “長音符”, step by step

長音符 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 長

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese長long

via Chinese 符

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese符—
Every word from Chinese 長 →