Where does “鳥居” come from?

鳥居 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 居, from Middle Chinese 居 — dwelling; residence.

鳥居 (Japanese): a torii: a symbolic gate to a Shinto shrine or...

Definitions

  1. a torii: a symbolic gate to a Shinto shrine or...

Ancestry of “鳥居”, step by step

鳥居 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 居

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese居residence
2Middle Chinese居dwelling; residence

via Japanese 鳥

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鳥a bird; a chicken; fowl or chicken meat

Words derived from “鳥居”

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