Where does “蛍光表示管” come from?

蛍光表示管 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 管, from Old Japanese 管 — pipe, tube.

蛍光表示管 (Japanese): Vacuum Fluorescent Display

Definitions

  1. Vacuum Fluorescent Display

Ancestry of “蛍光表示管”, step by step

蛍光表示管 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 管

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese管pipe; a wind instrument; a pipe or tube, such as...
2Old Japanese管pipe, tube

via Japanese 表示

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese表示expression, statement, indication, display; view;...
2Chinese表示to express; to state; to indicate; to opine; to...

via Japanese 蛍光

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese蛍光the light of a firefly; fluorescence
2Middle Chinese螢光—
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