Etymology

Ju ware

Today it means: Synonym of Ru ware. Full definition →

Mandarin 汝瓷
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from汝
  2. Mandarin · calque of汝瓷
  3. English todayJu ware

Partial calque of Mandarin 汝瓷 (Rǔcí), using the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 汝 (Rǔ), Ju³, in reference to the town of Ruzhou where it was manufactured.

Words from the same roots

Mandarin汝瓷 all →

Ru ware

Mandarin^汝 all →

Ju kilnRu kilnRu ware

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.