Where does “狐の孫” come from?
狐の孫 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 狐, from Japanese 絵筆, from Japanese 筆, from Japanese 文, from Middle Chinese 文.
狐の孫 (Japanese): Rostellularia procumbens
Definitions
- Rostellularia procumbens
Ancestry of “狐の孫”, step by step
狐の孫 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 狐
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 狐 | a fox |
| 2 | Japanese | 絵筆 | paintbrush |
| 3 | Japanese | 筆 | a writing brush, a painting brush, a pen;... |
| 4 | Japanese | 文 | the mon, an old currency; a unit of length for... |
| 5 | Middle Chinese | 文 | — |