Where does “判官” come from?

判官 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 政, from Middle Chinese せい, from Middle Chinese 星.

判官 (Japanese): a judge or magistrate

Definitions

  1. a judge or magistrate

Ancestry of “判官”, step by step

判官 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 政

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese政a government, rule; a festival, ritual; a law,...
2Middle Chineseせい—
3Middle Chinese星—

via Japanese 人

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese人a person, human; an individual; mankind, people
2Proto-Japonic*pitəone
Every word from Middle Chinese 星 →Every word from Middle Chinese せい →Every word from Japanese 政 →