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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 三 | three, 3; third; three |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | さん | — |