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
- A survivor of the 1945 atomic bombings of...
Ancestry of “hibakusha”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 被爆者 | a person who was bombed; a victim of the atomic... |
| 2 | Japanese | 者 | person; someone of that type, someone who does... |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 者 | — |