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Where does “少林寺拳法” come from?

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

少林寺拳法 (Japanese): a Japanese modification of Shaolin kung fu...

Definitions

  1. a Japanese modification of Shaolin kung fu...

Ancestry of “少林寺拳法”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese少林寺Shaolin Monastery
2Japanese寺a temple
3Middle Chinese寺—

Words derived from “少林寺拳法”

  • shorinji kempo
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