Where does “分音符号” come from?

分音符号 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 分, from Middle Chinese ふん, from Middle Chinese 糞.

分音符号 (Japanese): diaeresis

Definitions

  1. diaeresis

Ancestry of “分音符号”, step by step

分音符号 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 分

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese分a minute; a part, a share, a portion; an obsolete...
2Middle Chineseふん—
3Middle Chinese糞—

via Japanese 音

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese音sound
2Middle Chinese音—
Every word from Middle Chinese 糞 →Every word from Middle Chinese ふん →Every word from Japanese 分 →