Where does “充電器” come from?

充電器 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 器, from Middle Chinese 器.

充電器 (Japanese): electrical charger

Definitions

  1. electrical charger

Ancestry of “充電器”, step by step

充電器 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 器

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese器device; instrument; container, vessel; a tool, a...
2Middle Chinese器—

via Japanese 充電

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese充電electrical charging; to charge or recharge
2Chinese充電to charge; to recharge; to rest and recuperate;...
Every word from Middle Chinese 器 →Every word from Japanese 器 →