Where does “” come from?

門 (Japanese) comes from Old Japanese 門 — a gate, portal; an entrance, gateway, opening;...

(Japanese): a gate; a sect, school of thought; a phylum,...

Definitions

  1. a gate; a sect, school of thought; a phylum,...

Ancestry of “”, step by step

traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanesea gate, portal; an entrance, gateway, opening;...

via Middle Chinese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese

Words derived from “

Every word from Old Japanese