Where does “静止画” come from?

静止画 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 画, from Middle Chinese 畫 — drawing.

静止画 (Japanese): still picture

Definitions

  1. still picture

Ancestry of “静止画”, step by step

静止画 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesepicture, drawing, painting; movie, film, video;...
2Middle Chinesedrawing

via Japanese 静止

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese静止stillness, being still, calm, or motionless; to...
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