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

Definitions

  1. zaibatsu, chaebol/jaebol

Ancestry of “財閥”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean재벌chaebol/jaebol, zaibatsu
2Chinese財閥zaibatsu; chaebol; jaebol ; plutocracy; plutocrat
3Japaneseざいばつ財閥 zaibatsu

Words derived from “財閥”

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