Where does “読唇術” come from?

読唇術 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 術, from Middle Chinese 術.

読唇術 (Japanese): lipreading

Definitions

  1. lipreading

Ancestry of “読唇術”, step by step

読唇術 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 術

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese術technique; art; way, means
2Middle Chinese術—

via Japanese 唇

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese唇lips

via Japanese 読

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese読reading; to read, reading
Every word from Middle Chinese 術 →Every word from Japanese 術 →