Where does “参上” come from?

参上 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 参, from Middle Chinese 參.

参上 (Japanese): visit; to go to or visit someone of higher social...

Definitions

  1. visit; to go to or visit someone of higher social...

Ancestry of “参上”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese参a calling, coming; a gathering of Zen members in...
2Middle Chinese參—
Every word from Middle Chinese 參 →Every word from Japanese 参 →