Where does “鉤十字” come from?

鉤十字 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 十字, from Japanese 十, from Middle Chinese 十.

鉤十字 (Japanese): counterclockwise swastika

Definitions

  1. counterclockwise swastika

Ancestry of “鉤十字”, step by step

鉤十字 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 十字

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

via Japanese 鉤

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鉤hook
Every word from Middle Chinese 十 →Every word from Japanese 十 →Every word from Japanese 十字 →