Where does “艶文” come from?

艶文 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 艶, from Japanese 貴, from Chinese 貴.

艶文 (Japanese): love letter

Definitions

  1. love letter

Ancestry of “艶文”, step by step

艶文 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 艶

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese艶gloss, lustre (UK)/luster (US)
2Japanese貴added to nouns related to people to indicate...
3Chinese貴—

via Japanese 文

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese文the mon, an old currency; a unit of length for...
2Middle Chinese文—
Every word from Chinese 貴 →Every word from Japanese 貴 →Every word from Japanese 艶 →