Where does “鉄扇術” come from?

鉄扇術 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 鉄扇, from Japanese 鉄, from Middle Chinese 鐵.

鉄扇術 (Japanese): the martial art of fighting with the Japanese war...

Definitions

  1. the martial art of fighting with the Japanese war...

Ancestry of “鉄扇術”, step by step

鉄扇術 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 鉄扇

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鉄扇a Japanese war fan
2Japanese鉄iron, the metal and the metallic chemical...
3Middle Chinese鐵—

via Japanese 術

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese術technique; art; way, means
2Middle Chinese術—
Every word from Middle Chinese 鐵 →Every word from Japanese 鉄 →Every word from Japanese 鉄扇 →