Where does “山札” come from?

山札 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 山, from Japanese 陰, from Middle Chinese 陰.

山札 (Japanese): in certain kinds of card games, the set of cards...

Definitions

  1. in certain kinds of card games, the set of cards...

Ancestry of “山札”, step by step

山札 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 札

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese札paper money, a bill, a note; a card, a plate, a...
Every word from Middle Chinese 陰 →Every word from Japanese 陰 →Every word from Japanese 山 →