Where does “見聞” come from?

見聞 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 見, from Middle Chinese 見.

見聞 (Japanese): looking and listening, seeing and hearing;...

Definitions

  1. looking and listening, seeing and hearing;...

Ancestry of “見聞”, step by step

見聞 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 見

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese見seeing, looking; the look or appearance of...
2Middle Chinese見—

via Japanese 聞

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese聞hearing
Every word from Middle Chinese 見 →Every word from Japanese 見 →