Where does “券” come from?

券 (Japanese) comes from Middle Chinese けん, from Middle Chinese 元.

券 (Japanese): ticket, certificate; bond, coupon

Definitions

  1. ticket, certificate; bond, coupon

Ancestry of “券”, step by step

券 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Chinese けん

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chineseけん—
2Middle Chinese元—

via Chinese 券

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese券—

Words derived from “券”

Every word from Middle Chinese 元 →Every word from Middle Chinese けん →