Where does “数珠掛鳩” come from?

数珠掛鳩 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 鳩, from Middle Chinese きゆう.

数珠掛鳩 (Japanese): Barbary dove

Definitions

  1. Barbary dove

Ancestry of “数珠掛鳩”, step by step

数珠掛鳩 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 鳩

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鳩pigeon, dove
2Middle Chineseきゆう—

via Japanese 掛

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese掛—

via Japanese 数珠

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese数珠prayer beads
Every word from Middle Chinese きゆう →Every word from Japanese 鳩 →