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Where does “八十八” come from?

八十八 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 八, from Middle Chinese 八.

八十八 (Japanese): eighty-eight

Definitions

  1. eighty-eight

Ancestry of “八十八”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese八eight, 8; eight; Short for 八の字
2Middle Chinese八—
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