Where does “現代劇” come from?

現代劇 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 現代, from Japanese 代, from Middle Chinese 代.

現代劇 (Japanese): a play focusing on modern events and issues from...

Definitions

  1. a play focusing on modern events and issues from...

Ancestry of “現代劇”, step by step

現代劇 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 現代

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese現代the present day, modern times, nowadays,...
2Japanese代substitution; price, cost, charge; shiro, a unit...
3Middle Chinese代—

via Japanese 劇

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese劇play
2Middle Chinese劇—
Every word from Middle Chinese 代 →Every word from Japanese 代 →Every word from Japanese 現代 →