Where does “少林寺” come from?

少林寺 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 寺, from Middle Chinese 寺.

少林寺 (Japanese): Shaolin Monastery

Definitions

  1. Shaolin Monastery

Ancestry of “少林寺”, step by step

少林寺 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 寺

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese寺a temple
2Middle Chinese寺—

via Japanese 少林

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese少林Shaolin

Words derived from “少林寺”

Every word from Middle Chinese 寺 →Every word from Japanese 寺 →