Where does “棗” come from?

棗 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 夏, from Middle Chinese 夏.

棗 (Japanese): the jujube or Chinese date, "Ziziphus jujuba"; a...

Definitions

  1. the jujube or Chinese date, "Ziziphus jujuba"; a...

Ancestry of “棗”, step by step

棗 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 夏

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese夏summer; summer according to the lunisolar...
2Middle Chinese夏—

via Japanese 芽

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese芽sprout; bud, shoot; bud, sprout

Words derived from “棗”

Every word from Middle Chinese 夏 →Every word from Japanese 夏 →