Where does “山括弧” come from?

山括弧 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 山, from Japanese 陰, from Middle Chinese 陰.

山括弧 (Japanese): an angle bracket

Definitions

  1. an angle bracket

Ancestry of “山括弧”, step by step

山括弧 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 山

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

via Japanese 括弧

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese括弧a parenthesis; a bracket either of a pair of brackets
Every word from Middle Chinese 陰 →Every word from Japanese 陰 →Every word from Japanese 山 →