Where does “手目” come from?

手目 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 目, from Middle Chinese 目.

手目 (Japanese): cheating or deceiving to favor oneself at...

Definitions

  1. cheating or deceiving to favor oneself at...

Ancestry of “手目”, step by step

手目 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 目

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese目an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger...
2Middle Chinese目—

via Japanese 手

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese手a hand; a handle, grip; a paw, foreleg
2Middle Chinese手—
Every word from Middle Chinese 目 →Every word from Japanese 目 →