Where does “shorinji kempo” come from?

shorinji kempo (English) comes from Japanese 少林寺拳法, from Japanese 少林寺, from Japanese 寺, from Middle Chinese 寺.

shorinji kempo (English): A Japanese modification of Shaolin kung fu...

Definitions

  1. A Japanese modification of Shaolin kung fu...

Ancestry of “shorinji kempo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese少林寺拳法a Japanese modification of Shaolin kung fu...
2Japanese少林寺Shaolin Monastery
3Japanese寺a temple
4Middle Chinese寺—
Every word from Middle Chinese 寺 →Every word from Japanese 寺 →Every word from Japanese 少林寺 →
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