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Where does “河口” come from?

河口 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 川口, from Japanese 口, from Japanese くち, from Japanese 朽ちる.

河口 (Japanese): the mouth of a river, an estuary

Definitions

  1. the mouth of a river, an estuary

Ancestry of “河口”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese川口mouth of river, estuary
2Japanese口mouth; opening; the mouth
3Japaneseくち—
4Japanese朽ちる—
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