Where does “演奏” come from?

演奏 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 演, from Middle Chinese 演.

演奏 (Japanese): a performance (of music); a recital

Definitions

  1. a performance (of music); a recital

Ancestry of “演奏”, step by step

演奏 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 演

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese演develop; evolve
2Middle Chinese演—

via Japanese 奏

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese奏—
Every word from Middle Chinese 演 →Every word from Japanese 演 →