Where does “中華人民共和国” come from?
中華人民共和国 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 人民共和国, from Japanese 共和国, from Japanese 国, from Old Japanese 国.
Ancestry of “中華人民共和国”, step by step
中華人民共和国 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 人民共和国
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 人民共和国 | a people's republic |
| 2 | Japanese | 共和国 | republic |
| 3 | Japanese | 国 | a land, a large place; a country in general, a... |
| 4 | Old Japanese | 国 | — |
via Japanese 中華
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 中華 | China; Chinese |
via Chinese Mandarin 中華人民共和國
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Chinese Mandarin | 中華人民共和國 | — |