Where does “お” come from?

お (Japanese) comes from Middle Chinese 惡.

お (Japanese): 諾 yes, alright, okay; オ a sign used in some...

Definitions

  1. 諾 yes, alright, okay; オ a sign used in some...

Ancestry of “お”, step by step

お traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Chinese 惡

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese惡—

via Old Japanese お

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japaneseお—

Words derived from “お”

Every word from Middle Chinese 惡 →