Where does “音読” come from?

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

音読 (Japanese): reading aloud; the reading of a Japanese word...

Definitions

  1. reading aloud; the reading of a Japanese word...

Ancestry of “音読”, step by step

音読 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 音

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese音sound
2Middle Chinese音—

via Japanese 読み

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese読みreading; speculation
2Japanese読むto read; to count; to infer; to speculate

via Chinese 讀

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