Where does “鳥居” come from?

鳥居 (Chinese) comes from Japanese 鳥居, from Japanese 居, from Middle Chinese 居 — dwelling; residence.

鳥居 (Chinese): torii

Definitions

  1. torii

Ancestry of “鳥居”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鳥居a torii: a symbolic gate to a Shinto shrine or...
2Japanese居residence
3Middle Chinese居dwelling; residence
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