The story
- Middle Chinese · derived from十“ten”
- English todayjuryo
Borrowed from Japanese 十両(じゅうりょう) (jūryō, “ten ryō”), from Middle Chinese 十 (dʒip, “ten”) + 兩 (ljáng, “tael”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
juryo
Today it means: The second highest division in sumo wrestling, below makuuchi and above makushita; rikishi at this point receive a salary. Full definition →
Middle Chinese 十