Where does “白滝” come from?

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

白滝 (Japanese): a waterfall that looks like a white cloth spread...

Definitions

  1. a waterfall that looks like a white cloth spread...

Ancestry of “白滝”, step by step

白滝 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 滝

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese滝waterfall; rapids

Words derived from “白滝”

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