Where does “鬼畜” come from?
鬼畜 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 餓鬼, from Middle Chinese 餓鬼.
鬼畜 (Japanese): preta and beast; demon and beast; a person who...
Definitions
- preta and beast; demon and beast; a person who...
Ancestry of “鬼畜”, step by step
鬼畜 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 餓鬼
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 餓鬼 | short for 餓鬼道: the hungry ghost realm, one of the six realms of reincarnation in Buddhist cosmology |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 餓鬼 | — |
via Japanese 畜生
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 畜生 | a beast: a generic term for animals, birds, fish... |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | ちくしょう | — |