Where does “hibakusha” come from?

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

hibakusha (English): A survivor of the 1945 atomic bombings of...

Definitions

  1. A survivor of the 1945 atomic bombings of...

Ancestry of “hibakusha”, 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 →