▁k ara ▁was ▁changed ▁to ▁remove ▁the ▁con notation ▁of ▁the ▁style ▁origin ating ▁in ▁China . ▁ ▁Mor ok oshi ▁ ▁Japanese : ▁Mor ok oshi ▁( ; ▁various ly ▁written ▁in ▁kan ji ▁as ▁ ▁or ▁). ▁This ▁ob sole te ▁Japanese ▁name ▁for ▁China ▁is ▁believed ▁to ▁have ▁derived ▁from ▁a ▁kun ▁reading ▁of ▁the ▁Chinese ▁comp ound ▁ ▁Zh ū y u è ▁or ▁ ▁B ǎ iy u è ▁as ▁" all ▁the ▁Y ue " ▁or ▁" the ▁hundred ▁( i . e ., ▁my ri ad , ▁various , ▁or ▁numerous ) ▁Y ue ," ▁which ▁was ▁an ▁ancient ▁Chinese ▁name ▁for ▁the ▁soci eties ▁of ▁the ▁regions ▁that ▁are ▁now ▁southern ▁China . ▁ ▁The ▁Japanese ▁common ▁n oun ▁t ō mor ok oshi ▁( ), ▁which ▁refers ▁to ▁ma ize , ▁appears ▁to ▁contain ▁an ▁element ▁cogn ate ▁with ▁the ▁proper ▁n oun ▁formerly ▁used ▁in ▁reference ▁to ▁China . ▁Although ▁t ō mor ok oshi ▁is ▁tradition ally ▁written ▁with ▁Chinese ▁characters ▁that ▁literally ▁mean ▁" ja de ▁Sh u ▁mil let ," ▁the ▁et ym ology ▁of ▁the ▁Japanese ▁word ▁appears ▁to ▁go ▁back ▁to ▁" T ang ▁mor ok oshi ," ▁in ▁which ▁" mor ok oshi " ▁was ▁the ▁ob sole te ▁Japanese ▁name ▁for ▁China ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁Japanese ▁word ▁for ▁s org hum , ▁which ▁seems ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁introduced ▁into ▁Japan ▁from ▁China . ▁ ▁Mang i ▁ ▁From ▁Chinese ▁Man zi ▁( s ou thern