Where does “変ハ長調” come from?

変ハ長調 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 変, from Middle Chinese 變.

変ハ長調 (Japanese): C-flat major

Definitions

  1. C-flat major

Ancestry of “変ハ長調”, step by step

変ハ長調 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 変

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese変a change
2Middle Chinese變—

via Japanese ハ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseハdo

via Japanese 長調

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