Where does “六角柱” come from?

六角柱 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 六, from Late Middle Chinese 六.

六角柱 (Japanese): hexagonal prism

Definitions

  1. hexagonal prism

Ancestry of “六角柱”, step by step

六角柱 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 六

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese六six; a name of a hole of a wind instrument
2Late Middle Chinese六—

via Japanese 角柱

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese角柱prism
Every word from Late Middle Chinese 六 →Every word from Japanese 六 →