Where does “呉音” come from?

呉音 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 呉, from Japanese 暮れる — get dark, for night to fall; for the season to...

呉音 (Japanese): The pronunciation of Chinese hanzi characters...

Definitions

  1. The pronunciation of Chinese hanzi characters...

Ancestry of “呉音”, step by step

呉音 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 呉

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese呉Chinese, from China; the Wú region of China;...
2Japanese暮れるget dark, for night to fall; for the season to...

via Japanese 音

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese音sound
2Middle Chinese音—

Words derived from “呉音”

Every word from Japanese 暮れる →Every word from Japanese 呉 →