Where does “鴛鴦” come from?

鴛鴦 (Japanese) comes from Middle Chinese 鴛鴦.

鴛鴦 (Japanese): a mandarin duck, "Aix galericulata"; a kind of 家紋...

Definitions

  1. a mandarin duck, "Aix galericulata"; a kind of 家紋...

Ancestry of “鴛鴦”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese鴛鴦—
Every word from Middle Chinese 鴛鴦 →