Where does “雑誌” come from?

雑誌 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 雑, from Middle Chinese 雜.

雑誌 (Japanese): a journal

Definitions

  1. a journal

Ancestry of “雑誌”, step by step

雑誌 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 雑

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese雑miscellany
2Middle Chinese雜—

via Japanese 誌

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese誌magazine forms kinds of magazine or names of particular magazines

Words derived from “雑誌”

Every word from Middle Chinese 雜 →Every word from Japanese 雑 →