Where does “ちょうこくしつ座” come from?

ちょうこくしつ座 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 座, from Middle Chinese 座.

ちょうこくしつ座 (Japanese): Sculptor

Definitions

  1. Sculptor

Ancestry of “ちょうこくしつ座”, step by step

ちょうこくしつ座 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 室

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese室room
2Middle Chinese室—

via Japanese 彫刻

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese彫刻a sculpture
Every word from Middle Chinese 座 →Every word from Japanese 座 →