Where does “文房具” come from?

文房具 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 文房, from Middle Chinese ふんぼう'.

文房具 (Japanese): stationery, office supplies

Definitions

  1. stationery, office supplies

Ancestry of “文房具”, step by step

文房具 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 文房

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese文房a study, an office
2Middle Chineseふんぼう'—

via Japanese 具

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese具tool; means; secondary ingredient, such as...
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