Where does “雄狐” come from?

雄狐 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 狐, from Japanese 絵筆, from Japanese 筆, from Japanese 文, from Middle Chinese 文.

雄狐 (Japanese): reynard

Definitions

  1. reynard

Ancestry of “雄狐”, step by step

雄狐 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 狐

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese狐a fox
2Japanese絵筆paintbrush
3Japanese筆a writing brush, a painting brush, a pen;...
4Japanese文the mon, an old currency; a unit of length for...
5Middle Chinese文—

via Japanese 雄

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese雄male; something or someone excellent; man, male
2Middle Chinese雄—
Every word from Middle Chinese 文 →Every word from Japanese 文 →Every word from Japanese 筆 →