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
- a mandarin duck, "Aix galericulata"; a kind of 家紋...
Ancestry of “鴛鴦”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Chinese | 鴛鴦 | — |