Where does “hentai” come from?

hentai (English) comes from Japanese 変態, from Japanese 変, from Middle Chinese 變.

hentai (English): A work of anime or manga (or any similar medium) that contains heavily sexual or pornographic art

Definitions

  1. A work of anime or manga (or any similar medium) that contains heavily sexual or pornographic art

Ancestry of “hentai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese変態metamorphosis, transformation; abnormality;...
2Japanese変a change
3Middle Chinese變—

Words derived from “hentai”

Every word from Middle Chinese 變 →Every word from Japanese 変 →Every word from Japanese 変態 →