Where does “紅毛” come from?
紅毛 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 毛, from Middle Chinese 毛.
紅毛 (Japanese): red hair; during the Edo period, an epithet for...
Definitions
- red hair; during the Edo period, an epithet for...
Ancestry of “紅毛”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 毛 | hair, fur; a kind of unit |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 毛 | — |