Where does “” come from?

点 (Japanese) comes from Middle Chinese 點 — mark, spot; dot, mark.

(Japanese): spot, dot; score, grade, mark; point

Definitions

  1. spot, dot; score, grade, mark; point

Ancestry of “”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinesemark, spot; dot, mark

Words derived from “

Every word from Middle Chinese
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