Where does “鰹” come from?

鰹 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 魚, from Middle Chinese 魚 — fish.

鰹 (Japanese): a skipjack tuna, "Katsuwonus pelamis"; Short for...

Definitions

  1. a skipjack tuna, "Katsuwonus pelamis"; Short for...

Ancestry of “鰹”, step by step

鰹 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 魚

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese魚a fish; a fish, "especially" when used as food; a...
2Middle Chinese魚fish

via Japanese 堅

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese堅—

Words derived from “鰹”

Every word from Middle Chinese 魚 →Every word from Japanese 魚 →