Talk:世代

Etymology
Is this from Chinese, or is this one of the Japanese coinages from the Meiji Period, such as or ? -- Eiríkr Útlendi │ Tala við mig 22:20, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Why would it be borrowed from Japanese? For the age/era/period sense, there are attestations in the 漢書 and 三國志. ---&#62; Tooironic (talk) 02:02, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I had some question at the time if this might have been one of the repurposed terms, like 🇨🇬,, etc. I've got access to better sources now, and I've added in the earliest date of Japanese use that I can find (early 1500s), clearly indicating that this is not a Meiji Period coinage / re-definition.  Cheers, ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │Tala við mig 18:35, 4 December 2019 (UTC)