Where does “朝” come from?

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

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “朝”, step by step

朝 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Japanese 朝

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

via Middle Chinese 朝

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese朝—

Words derived from “朝”

Every word from Proto-Japonic asa →Every word from Old Japanese 朝 →