Where does “一寸” come from?

一寸 (Japanese) comes from Middle Chinese 一寸.

一寸 (Japanese): one "sun": a unit of length equivalent to a tenth...

Definitions

  1. one "sun": a unit of length equivalent to a tenth...

Ancestry of “一寸”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese一寸

Words derived from “一寸

Every word from Middle Chinese 一寸
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