Where does “” come from?

朝 (Japanese) comes from Old Japanese 朝, from Proto-Japonic asa — morning.

(Japanese): the morning; the morning, morn; the morrow, next...

Definitions

  1. the morning; the morning, morn; the morrow, next...

Ancestry of “”, step by step

traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanesethe morning, morn; the morrow, next morning
2Proto-Japonicasamorning

via Middle Chinese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese

Words derived from “

Every word from Proto-Japonic asaEvery word from Old Japanese