Where does “万国旗” come from?

万国旗 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 旗 — flag; banner.

万国旗 (Japanese): flags of all nations

Definitions

  1. flags of all nations

Ancestry of “万国旗”, step by step

万国旗 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseflag; banner

via Japanese 万国

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese万国all countries; the whole world; universal; all nations
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