Where does “赤十字社” come from?

赤十字社 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 赤十字, from Japanese 十字, from Japanese 十, from Middle Chinese 十.

赤十字社 (Japanese): the Red Cross

Definitions

  1. the Red Cross

Ancestry of “赤十字社”, step by step

赤十字社 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 赤十字

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese赤十字the Red Cross
2Japanese十字a cross, crucifix symbol
3Japanese十ten, 10; a ten-year-old
4Middle Chinese十—

via Japanese 社

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese社company, co
2Middle Chinese社god of earth; ceremony for offering to the god of...
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