Where does “音読み” come from?

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

音読み (Japanese): the reading of a Japanese word written in kanji...

Definitions

  1. the reading of a Japanese word written in kanji...

Ancestry of “音読み”, step by step

音読み traces back through two 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

Words derived from “音読み”

Every word from Middle Chinese 音 →Every word from Japanese 音 →