Where does “水晶宮” come from?

水晶宮 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 宮, from Middle Chinese 宮.

水晶宮 (Japanese): the Crystal Palace

Definitions

  1. the Crystal Palace

Ancestry of “水晶宮”, step by step

水晶宮 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 宮

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese宮the place where a god resides: a shrine; a temple...
2Middle Chinese宮—

via Japanese 水晶

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese水晶crystal; quartz
Every word from Middle Chinese 宮 →Every word from Japanese 宮 →