Where does “財閥” come from?
財閥 (Japanese) comes from Korean 재벌, from Chinese 財閥, from Japanese ざいばつ — 財閥 zaibatsu.
財閥 (Japanese): zaibatsu, chaebol/jaebol
Ancestry of “財閥”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Korean | 재벌 | chaebol/jaebol, zaibatsu |
| 2 | Chinese | 財閥 | zaibatsu; chaebol; jaebol ; plutocracy; plutocrat |
| 3 | Japanese | ざいばつ | 財閥 zaibatsu |