Where does “” come from?

腥 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 生臭い, from Japanese 生, from Japanese 生き, from Japanese 生く — to live; to exist; to keep alive; to grow or...

(Japanese): a smell of fish, meat, or blood; a stink, a bad...

Definitions

  1. a smell of fish, meat, or blood; a stink, a bad...

Ancestry of “”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese生臭いsmelling fishy; smelling bloody
2Japanesea raw, uncooked state; Short for 生ビール; live
3Japanese生きliving; life, living; freshness
4Japanese生くto live; to exist; to keep alive; to grow or...
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