Where does “変ニ長調” come from?

変ニ長調 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 変, from Middle Chinese 變.

変ニ長調 (Japanese): D-flat major

Definitions

  1. D-flat major

Ancestry of “変ニ長調”, step by step

変ニ長調 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 変

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese変a change
2Middle Chinese變—

via Japanese ニ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseニre

via Japanese 長調

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese長調major key
Every word from Middle Chinese 變 →Every word from Japanese 変 →