Where does “銅鐸” come from?

銅鐸 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 銅, from Japanese 金, from Middle Chinese 金.

銅鐸 (Japanese): dotaku, a large cast-bronze bell decorated with images, used as a ritual focus

Definitions

  1. dotaku, a large cast-bronze bell decorated with images, used as a ritual focus

Ancestry of “銅鐸”, step by step

銅鐸 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 銅

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese銅copper, Cu
2Japanese金metal; money; firmness, strength
3Middle Chinese金—

via Japanese 鐸

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鐸a bell used for signaling

Words derived from “銅鐸”

Every word from Middle Chinese 金 →Every word from Japanese 金 →Every word from Japanese 銅 →