Where does “陰陽師” come from?

陰陽師 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 陰陽, from Middle Chinese 陰陽, from Old Chinese 陰陽.

陰陽師 (Japanese): a practitioner of 陰陽道; under the 律令 system, a...

Definitions

  1. a practitioner of 陰陽道; under the 律令 system, a...

Ancestry of “陰陽師”, step by step

陰陽師 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 陰陽

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese陰陽yin-yang
2Middle Chinese陰陽—
3Old Chinese陰陽—

via Japanese 師

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese師expert, master, practitioner; master,...

Words derived from “陰陽師”

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