Where does “鎖分銅” come from?
鎖分銅 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 分銅, from Japanese 銅, from Japanese 金, from Middle Chinese 金.
鎖分銅 (Japanese): a chain with a weight on one or both ends, such...
Definitions
- a chain with a weight on one or both ends, such...
Ancestry of “鎖分銅”, step by step
鎖分銅 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 分銅
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 分銅 | a metal weight, often made of copper, used in a... |
| 2 | Japanese | 銅 | copper, Cu |
| 3 | Japanese | 金 | metal; money; firmness, strength |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 金 | — |
via Japanese 鎖
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 鎖 | a chain; the closing and locking of a door or... |
| 2 | Japanese | 鏈る | to be linked together, to link together |