Where does “手裏剣術” come from?

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

手裏剣術 (Japanese): shuriken technique

Definitions

  1. shuriken technique

Ancestry of “手裏剣術”, step by step

手裏剣術 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 手裏剣

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese手裏剣shuriken, throwing star
2Japanese剣a sword, "especially" one with a double-edged...
3Middle Chineseけん—
4Middle Chinese元—

via Japanese 術

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese術technique; art; way, means
2Middle Chinese術—
Every word from Middle Chinese 元 →Every word from Middle Chinese けん →Every word from Japanese 剣 →