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Where does “胸” come from?

胸 (Japanese) comes from Japanese い, from Japanese や, from Japanese じゃ, from Japanese である, from Japanese で, from Japanese ぜ, from Japanese ぞえ, from Japanese え.

胸 (Japanese): chest, breast; heart, inner thoughts; bosom,...

Definitions

  1. chest, breast; heart, inner thoughts; bosom,...

Ancestry of “胸”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseいUsed in compounds with certain sentence-ending...
2Japaneseやand/or; is, are; Alternative form of いや
3Japaneseじゃso, then—used for connecting to a reasonable...
4JapaneseであるTo be: the copula, with the same function as だ ...
5Japaneseでat; with, by, using; indicating the following...
6Japaneseぜsentence-ending particle signifying emphasis,...
7Japaneseぞえ—
8JapaneseえAlternative form of い
9Middle Chinese衣—

Words derived from “胸”

  • 胸毛
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