Where does “辛” come from?

辛 (Japanese) comes from Middle Chinese 辛.

辛 (Japanese): spicy

Definitions

  1. spicy

Ancestry of “辛”, step by step

辛 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Chinese 辛

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese辛—

via Japanese からもの

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseからものused goods, secondhand items

Words derived from “辛”

Every word from Middle Chinese 辛 →