Where does “不親切” come from?

不親切 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 不, from Middle Chinese 不.

不親切 (Japanese): unkind, unfriendly; unkindness, unfriendliness

Definitions

  1. unkind, unfriendly; unkindness, unfriendliness

Ancestry of “不親切”, step by step

不親切 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 不

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese不un-, non-, in-; bad, poor
2Middle Chinese不—

via Japanese 親切

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese親切kind, helpful, friendly, obliging; kindness,...
2Chinese親切close (to someone); dear (to someone's heart); near and dear
Every word from Middle Chinese 不 →Every word from Japanese 不 →