Where does “真名” come from?

真名 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 名, from Middle Chinese 名 — name.

真名 (Japanese): Chinese characters used to write the Japanese language

Definitions

  1. Chinese characters used to write the Japanese language

Ancestry of “真名”, step by step

真名 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 名

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese名name; reputation; famous, great, noted
2Middle Chinese名name

via Japanese 真

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese真truth, reality; truth, reality, genuineness;...
2Chinese似—

Words derived from “真名”

Every word from Middle Chinese 名 →Every word from Japanese 名 →