Where does “chii” come from?

chii (English) comes from Japanese 吃, from Japanese 泣き, from Japanese 泣く, from Japanese 音, from Middle Chinese 音.

chii (English): A call for forming a run of three consecutive tiles of the same suit using a discarded tile

Definitions

  1. A call for forming a run of three consecutive tiles of the same suit using a discarded tile

Ancestry of “chii”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese吃stammering, stuttering
2Japanese泣きcrying
3Japanese泣くto cry; to weep; to sob; to howl; to grieve over...
4Japanese音sound
5Middle Chinese音—
Every word from Middle Chinese 音 →Every word from Japanese 音 →Every word from Japanese 泣く →
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