Where does “無二” come from?

無二 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 二, from Middle Chinese 二 — two.

無二 (Japanese): Something not duplicated, being singular

Definitions

  1. Something not duplicated, being singular

Ancestry of “無二”, step by step

無二 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 二

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese二two, 2; second; two
2Middle Chinese二two

via Japanese 無

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese無nothing, nothingness; mu; the null set: neither...
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