Where does “こう” come from?

こう (Japanese) comes from Middle Chinese 口.

こう (Japanese): like this, in this way, so, thus

Definitions

  1. like this, in this way, so, thus

Ancestry of “こう”, step by step

こう traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Chinese 口

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese口—

via Japanese 斯く

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese斯くlike this, in this way, so, thus

Words derived from “こう”

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