Where does “木炭画” come from?

木炭画 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 画, from Middle Chinese 畫 — drawing.

木炭画 (Japanese): charcoal drawing

Definitions

  1. charcoal drawing

Ancestry of “木炭画”, step by step

木炭画 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 画

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese画picture, drawing, painting; movie, film, video;...
2Middle Chinese畫drawing

via Japanese 木炭

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese木炭charcoal
2Middle Chinese木炭—
Every word from Middle Chinese 畫 →Every word from Japanese 画 →