Where does “yojijukugo” come from?
yojijukugo (English) comes from Japanese 四字熟語, from Japanese 四, from Middle Chinese 四, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pV-lij.
yojijukugo (English): A Japanese lexeme composed of four kanji...
Definitions
- A Japanese lexeme composed of four kanji...
Ancestry of “yojijukugo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 四字熟語 | a four-kanji set phrase |
| 2 | Japanese | 四 | four, 4; the fourth |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 四 | — |
| 4 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *pV-lij | — |