Where does “変ホ短調” come from?

変ホ短調 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 変, from Middle Chinese 變.

変ホ短調 (Japanese): E-flat minor

Definitions

  1. E-flat minor

Ancestry of “変ホ短調”, step by step

変ホ短調 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 変

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese変a change
2Middle Chinese變—

via Japanese ホ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseホmi

via Japanese 短調

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