Where does “こめじるし” come from?

こめじるし (Japanese) comes from Japanese 印, from Middle Chinese 印.

こめじるし (Japanese): 米印 the Japanese symbol ※ similar in function and...

Definitions

  1. 米印 the Japanese symbol ※ similar in function and...

Ancestry of “こめじるし”, step by step

こめじるし traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 印

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese印stamp, seal
2Middle Chinese印—

via Japanese 米

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese米rice husked grains of the Asian rice plant, one of the five grains
2Middle Chinese米—
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