Where does “美少年” come from?

美少年 (Japanese) comes from Middle Chinese 美 — beautiful.

美少年 (Japanese): pretty young boy, beautiful adolescent boy

Definitions

  1. pretty young boy, beautiful adolescent boy

Ancestry of “美少年”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinesebeautiful

Words derived from “美少年

Every word from Middle Chinese
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