Where does “河豚” come from?

河豚 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 吹く — to blow, of wind to move, to cause air to move.

河豚 (Japanese): a blowfish; a fat and unattractive woman; someone...

Definitions

  1. a blowfish; a fat and unattractive woman; someone...

Ancestry of “河豚”, step by step

河豚 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 吹く

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese吹くto blow, of wind to move, to cause air to move

via Middle Chinese 河豚

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese河豚
Every word from Japanese 吹く