Where does “短歌” come from?

短歌 (Japanese) comes from Middle Chinese 短 — short.

短歌 (Japanese): tanka; a form of Japanese verse in five lines of...

Definitions

  1. tanka; a form of Japanese verse in five lines of...

Ancestry of “短歌”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese短short

Words derived from “短歌”

Every word from Middle Chinese 短 →