Where does “真っ青” come from?
真っ青 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 真青, from Japanese 真, from Chinese 似.
真っ青 (Japanese): deep blue; pallor; cobalt blue
Definitions
- deep blue; pallor; cobalt blue
Ancestry of “真っ青”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 真青 | — |
| 2 | Japanese | 真 | truth, reality; truth, reality, genuineness;... |
| 3 | Chinese | 似 | — |