Where does “長髪賊” come from?

長髪賊 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 賊, from Middle Chinese 賊.

長髪賊 (Japanese): Taiping rebels

Definitions

  1. Taiping rebels

Ancestry of “長髪賊”, step by step

長髪賊 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 賊

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese賊thief; rebel
2Middle Chinese賊—

via Japanese 長髪

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese長髪long hair
Every word from Middle Chinese 賊 →Every word from Japanese 賊 →
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