Where does “ギザ十” come from?

ギザ十 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 十, from Middle Chinese 十.

ギザ十 (Japanese): ten-yen coin with a reeded edge, minted from 1951 to 1958

Definitions

  1. ten-yen coin with a reeded edge, minted from 1951 to 1958

Ancestry of “ギザ十”, step by step

ギザ十 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 十

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese十ten, 10; a ten-year-old
2Middle Chinese十—

via Japanese ギザギザ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseギザギザ—
Every word from Middle Chinese 十 →Every word from Japanese 十 →