Where does “変イ短調” come from?

変イ短調 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 変, from Middle Chinese 變.

変イ短調 (Japanese): A-flat minor

Definitions

  1. A-flat minor

Ancestry of “変イ短調”, step by step

変イ短調 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 変

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese変a change
2Middle Chinese變—

via Japanese イ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseイla

via Japanese 短調

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese短調minor key
Every word from Middle Chinese 變 →Every word from Japanese 変 →