Where does “三十” come from?
三十 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 三, from Middle Chinese さん.
三十 (Japanese): thirty; thirty years of age
Definitions
- thirty; thirty years of age
Ancestry of “三十”, step by step
三十 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 才
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 才 | ability, talent, aptitude; simplified form of 歳;... |