Where does “麻” come from?

麻 (Japanese) comes from Old Japanese 麻 — hemp or ramie plant.

麻 (Japanese): hemp; flax; linen

Definitions

  1. hemp; flax; linen

Ancestry of “麻”, step by step

麻 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Japanese 麻

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanese麻hemp or ramie plant

via Middle Chinese 麻

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese麻—

Words derived from “麻”

Every word from Old Japanese 麻 →