Where does “十手” come from?

十手 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 手, from Middle Chinese 手.

十手 (Japanese): a Japanese martial arts truncheon

Definitions

  1. a Japanese martial arts truncheon

Ancestry of “十手”, step by step

十手 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 手

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese手a hand; a handle, grip; a paw, foreleg
2Middle Chinese手—

via Japanese 十

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese十ten, 10; a ten-year-old
2Middle Chinese十—
Every word from Middle Chinese 手 →Every word from Japanese 手 →