Where does “懐中” come from?

懐中 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 中, from Japanese 中今, from Japanese 今 — now; just now; soon.

懐中 (Japanese): one's pocket

Definitions

  1. one's pocket

Ancestry of “懐中”, step by step

懐中 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 中

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese中middle, medium; average; neither good nor poor;...
2Japanese中今the present, as a privileged moment in eternity
3Japanese今now; just now; soon

via Japanese 懐

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese懐the bosom, the breast; a breast pocket,...

Words derived from “懐中”

Every word from Japanese 今 →Every word from Japanese 中 →Every word from Japanese 中今 →