Where does “ちょうこくぐ座” come from?

ちょうこくぐ座 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 座, from Middle Chinese 座.

ちょうこくぐ座 (Japanese): Caelum

Definitions

  1. Caelum

Ancestry of “ちょうこくぐ座”, step by step

ちょうこくぐ座 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 座

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese座names of constellations; names of theaters
2Middle Chinese座—

via Japanese 具

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese具tool; means; secondary ingredient, such as...

via Japanese 彫刻

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese彫刻a sculpture
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