Where does “十垓” come from?

十垓 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 十, from Middle Chinese 十.

十垓 (Japanese): A trillion billion, 10, or a sextillion of modern...

Definitions

  1. A trillion billion, 10, or a sextillion of modern...

Ancestry of “十垓”, step by step

十垓 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 十

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese十ten, 10; a ten-year-old
2Middle Chinese十—

via Japanese 垓

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese垓垓; A number of 10 in modern Japanese since 17th...
Every word from Middle Chinese 十 →Every word from Japanese 十 →
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