Where does “手裏剣” come from?

手裏剣 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 剣, from Middle Chinese けん, from Middle Chinese 元.

手裏剣 (Japanese): shuriken, throwing star

Definitions

  1. shuriken, throwing star

Ancestry of “手裏剣”, step by step

手裏剣 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 剣

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese剣a sword, "especially" one with a double-edged...
2Middle Chineseけん—
3Middle Chinese元—

via Japanese 手裏

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese手裏in the hand

Words derived from “手裏剣”

Every word from Middle Chinese 元 →Every word from Middle Chinese けん →Every word from Japanese 剣 →