Where does “靨” come from?
靨 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 笑, from Japanese 連用形, from Japanese 見る, from Japanese 夢, from Old Japanese 夢, from Japanese 目, from Middle Chinese 目.
靨 (Japanese): a dimple
Definitions
- a dimple
Ancestry of “靨”, step by step
靨 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 笑
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 笑 | a laugh, laughing, laughter; a smile, smiling; a... |
| 2 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 4 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 5 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 6 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 7 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |
via Japanese 窪
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 窪 | an indentation, a depression; depression; pit,... |