Where does “鷂” come from?

鷂 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 灰, from Middle Chinese かい.

鷂 (Japanese): Eurasian sparrowhawk

Definitions

  1. Eurasian sparrowhawk

Ancestry of “鷂”, step by step

鷂 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 灰

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese灰ash
2Middle Chineseかい—

via Japanese 鷹

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鷹a hawk
Every word from Middle Chinese かい →Every word from Japanese 灰 →