Where does “花札” come from?

花札 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 花, from Old Japanese 花 — flower.

花札 (Japanese): hanafuda, literally “flower cards”, a card game...

Definitions

  1. hanafuda, literally “flower cards”, a card game...

Ancestry of “花札”, step by step

花札 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 花

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese花a flower
2Old Japanese花flower

via Japanese 札

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese札paper money, a bill, a note; a card, a plate, a...

Words derived from “花札”

Every word from Old Japanese 花 →Every word from Japanese 花 →