Where does “各方面” come from?

各方面 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 各, from Middle Chinese 各.

各方面 (Japanese): every quarter; all sides

Definitions

  1. every quarter; all sides

Ancestry of “各方面”, step by step

各方面 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 各

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese各Alternative form of 各々; each
2Middle Chinese各—

via Japanese 方面

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese方面direction; area, district; field of study, line...
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