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
- A Japanese modification of Shaolin kung fu...
Ancestry of “shorinji kempo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 少林寺拳法 | a Japanese modification of Shaolin kung fu... |
| 2 | Japanese | 少林寺 | Shaolin Monastery |
| 3 | Japanese | 寺 | a temple |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 寺 | — |