Where does “餓鬼” come from?

餓鬼 (Japanese) comes from Middle Chinese 餓鬼.

餓鬼 (Japanese): short for 餓鬼道: the hungry ghost realm, one of the six realms of reincarnation in Buddhist cosmology

Definitions

  1. short for 餓鬼道: the hungry ghost realm, one of the six realms of reincarnation in Buddhist cosmology

Ancestry of “餓鬼”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese餓鬼—

Words derived from “餓鬼”

Every word from Middle Chinese 餓鬼 →