Where does “山川万里” come from?

山川万里 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 山川, from Japanese 山, from Japanese 陰, from Middle Chinese 陰.

山川万里 (Japanese): being far away across mountains and rivers

Definitions

  1. being far away across mountains and rivers

Ancestry of “山川万里”, step by step

山川万里 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 山川

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese山川mountains and rivers; mountain rivers
2Japanese山a mountain or hill; a mine; a heap, pile
3Japanese陰shadow, shade; hidden side; yin
4Middle Chinese陰—

via Japanese 万里

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese万里10000 li, or 5000 km; very long distance,...
Every word from Middle Chinese 陰 →Every word from Japanese 陰 →Every word from Japanese 山 →