Where does “総務省” come from?

総務省 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 省, from Middle Chinese 省.

総務省 (Japanese): Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, MIC

Definitions

  1. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, MIC

Ancestry of “総務省”, step by step

総務省 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 省

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese省saving, conservation; ministry
2Middle Chinese省—

via Japanese 総務

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese総務general affairs
Every word from Middle Chinese 省 →Every word from Japanese 省 →
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