Where does “災” come from?
災 (Japanese) comes from Middle Chinese さい, from Japanese 左様, from Japanese 様, from Middle Chinese 樣.
災 (Japanese): an act of God, a disaster, a calamity
Definitions
- an act of God, a disaster, a calamity
Ancestry of “災”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Chinese | さい | — |
| 2 | Japanese | 左様 | like that |
| 3 | Japanese | 様 | way, style, appearance; be like, look like, seem... |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 樣 | — |