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Where does “kango” come from?

kango (English) comes from Japanese 漢語, from Middle Chinese 漢語.

kango (English): A Japanese word of Chinese origin, or a Japanese...

Definitions

  1. A Japanese word of Chinese origin, or a Japanese...

Ancestry of “kango”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese漢語kango: a Japanese word of Chinese origin, or a...
2Middle Chinese漢語—
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