Where does “顳顬骨” come from?

顳顬骨 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 顳顬, from Japanese 米, from Middle Chinese 米.

Ancestry of “顳顬骨”, step by step

顳顬骨 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 顳顬

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese顳顬temple region of skull
2Japanese米rice husked grains of the Asian rice plant, one of the five grains
3Middle Chinese米—

via Japanese 筋

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese筋muscle; tendon; road
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