Where does “陰陽道” come from?

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

陰陽道 (Japanese): <br>; a traditional body of Japanese esoteric...

Definitions

  1. <br>; a traditional body of Japanese esoteric...

Ancestry of “陰陽道”, step by step

陰陽道 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 道

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese道Tao the way of nature, Taoism
2Middle Chinese道way

Words derived from “陰陽道”

Every word from Old Chinese 陰陽 →Every word from Middle Chinese 陰陽 →Every word from Japanese 陰陽 →
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