Where does “白樺” come from?

白樺 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 白, from Middle Chinese 白.

白樺 (Japanese): Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla)

Definitions

  1. Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla)

Ancestry of “白樺”, step by step

白樺 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 白

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese白the color white; innocence; a white go stone
2Middle Chinese白—

via Japanese 樺

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese樺a birch
Every word from Middle Chinese 白 →Every word from Japanese 白 →