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Where does “紙芝居” come from?

紙芝居 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 紙, from Middle Chinese 紙.

紙芝居 (Japanese): "kamishibai": story told by revealing, one after...

Definitions

  1. "kamishibai": story told by revealing, one after...

Ancestry of “紙芝居”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese紙paper
2Middle Chinese紙—

Words derived from “紙芝居”

  • kamishibai
Every word from Middle Chinese 紙 →