Where does “音写” come from?

音写 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 音, from Middle Chinese 音.

音写 (Japanese): transcription

Definitions

  1. transcription

Ancestry of “音写”, step by step

音写 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 音

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese音sound
2Middle Chinese音—

via Japanese 写

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese写—
Every word from Middle Chinese 音 →Every word from Japanese 音 →