Where does “” come from?

茸 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 椎茸, from Japanese 椎 — any tree of the genus "Castanopsis".

(Japanese): a mushroom; the flesh of an animal

Definitions

  1. a mushroom; the flesh of an animal

Ancestry of “”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese椎茸shiitake, a type of edible mushroom
2Japaneseany tree of the genus "Castanopsis"

Words derived from “

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