Where does “瞼” come from?

瞼 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 目, from Middle Chinese 目.

瞼 (Japanese): eyelid; memory

Definitions

  1. eyelid; memory

Ancestry of “瞼”, step by step

瞼 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 目

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese目an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger...
2Middle Chinese目—

via Japanese 蓋

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese蓋lid; cap; cover
Every word from Middle Chinese 目 →Every word from Japanese 目 →