Where does “財務省” come from?

財務省 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 省, from Middle Chinese 省.

財務省 (Japanese): the Ministry of Finance

Definitions

  1. the Ministry of Finance

Ancestry of “財務省”, step by step

財務省 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 省

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese省saving, conservation; ministry
2Middle Chinese省—

via Japanese 財務

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese財務financial affairs; dealing with one's finances;...
Every word from Middle Chinese 省 →Every word from Japanese 省 →
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