Where does “熟字訓” come from?

熟字訓 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 訓, from Middle Chinese 訓.

熟字訓 (Japanese): a kanji compound whose characters are used for...

Definitions

  1. a kanji compound whose characters are used for...

Ancestry of “熟字訓”, step by step

熟字訓 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 訓

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese訓kun'yomi
2Middle Chinese訓—

via Japanese 熟字

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese熟字Chinese character compound

Words derived from “熟字訓”

Every word from Middle Chinese 訓 →Every word from Japanese 訓 →