Where does “引き眉” come from?

引き眉 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 眉, from Middle Chinese 眉.

引き眉 (Japanese): eyebrows that have been drawn with an ink after...

Definitions

  1. eyebrows that have been drawn with an ink after...

Ancestry of “引き眉”, step by step

引き眉 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 眉

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese眉eyebrow
2Middle Chinese眉—

via Japanese 引く

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese引くto pull (something toward oneself)
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