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Where does “Hôn-xiu” come from?
Hôn-xiu (Vietnamese) comes from Japanese 本州, from Middle Chinese 本.
Ancestry of “Hôn-xiu”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Japanese
本州
main island
2
Middle Chinese
本
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