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Goldfish in Chinese / Japanese...

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Goldfish

China jīn yú
Japan kin gyo
Goldfish Vertical Wall Scroll

金魚 is the title for goldfish in Chinese and Japanese.

There was a time in ancient China when only the Emperor could possess the true yellow-gold colored fish. 金魚 is why alternate coloration such as orange, black, red, and white were bred. Many believe this is why colors other than yellow-gold are more common for "goldfish" found in pet shops today.

Yellow

Yellow Color
China huáng
Japan hon / kou
Korea 황
Yellow Vertical Wall Scroll

黃 is the single character for the color yellow in Chinese.

In China, yellow is traditionally the color of the emperor. In fact, there was a time when only the emperor could wear yellow clothing, or own yellow pet fish. Note: Goldfish were breed originally in China for the emperor. When the perfect yellow fish was breed, all but the emperor were banned from owning any. Thus a more orange-colored goldfish dominated the market.

黃 is not a common selection for a wall scroll. Even if your Chinese surname is Huang (Yellow) or your Korean surname is Hwang (yellow), it's still probably not appropriate.

黄This character is written with a slight variation in Simplified Chinese and modern Japanese. Click on the image to the right if you want this alternate version.

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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your goldfish search...

Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

 Pronunciation
Romanization		 Simple Dictionary Definition

金魚

金鱼

see styles		 Mandarin jīn yú / jin1 yu2
Taiwan chin yü
Japanese kingyo / きんぎょ
Yellow Vertical Wall Scroll

More info & calligraphy:
Goldfish

Chinese goldfish
Japanese goldfish; (surname, female given name) Kingyo

ポイ

see styles		 Japanese poi / ポイ
Yellow Vertical Wall Scroll

ポイ
Custom Scroll

Japanese paper scoop used in goldfish scooping

和金

see styles		 Japanese wakin / わきん
Yellow Vertical Wall Scroll

和金
Custom Scroll

Japanese Japanese wakin goldfish variety

蘭虫

see styles		 Japanese ranchuu / ranchu / らんちゅう
Yellow Vertical Wall Scroll

蘭虫
Custom Scroll

Japanese (kana only) ranchu; variety of goldfish

蘭鋳

see styles		 Japanese ranchuu / ranchu / らんちゅう
Yellow Vertical Wall Scroll

蘭鋳
Custom Scroll

Japanese (kana only) ranchu; variety of goldfish

蝦尾

see styles		 Japanese ebio / えびお
Yellow Vertical Wall Scroll

蝦尾
Custom Scroll

Japanese (1) goldfish with a shrimp-like tail; (2) head of a shamisen or lute (bent back like a shrimp's tail)

鉄魚

see styles		 Japanese tetsugyo;tetsugyo / てつぎょ;テツギョ
Yellow Vertical Wall Scroll

鉄魚
Custom Scroll

Japanese (kana only) comet goldfish

ドラド

see styles		 Japanese dorado / ドラド
Yellow Vertical Wall Scroll

ドラド
Custom Scroll

Japanese (1) dorado (South American freshwater catfish, Salminus maxillosus); (2) dolphinfish; (3) (astron) Dorado (constellation); the Goldfish; the Swordfish; (place-name) Dorado

出目金

see styles		 Japanese demekin;demekin / でめきん;デメキン
Yellow Vertical Wall Scroll

出目金
Custom Scroll

Japanese telescope (variety of goldfish); telescope eye; demekin

旗魚座

see styles		 Japanese kajikiza / かじきざ
Yellow Vertical Wall Scroll

旗魚座
Custom Scroll

Japanese Dorado (constellation); the Goldfish; the Swordfish

朱文金

see styles		 Japanese shubunkin / しゅぶんきん
Yellow Vertical Wall Scroll

朱文金
Custom Scroll

Japanese Japanese shubunkin goldfish variety

梶木座

see styles		 Japanese kajikiza / かじきざ
Yellow Vertical Wall Scroll

梶木座
Custom Scroll

Japanese (irregular kanji usage) Dorado (constellation); the Goldfish; the Swordfish

海老尾

see styles		 Japanese kairoubi / kairobi / かいろうび    ebio / えびお
Yellow Vertical Wall Scroll

海老尾
Custom Scroll

Japanese head of a shamisen or lute (bent back like a shrimp's tail); (1) goldfish with a shrimp-like tail; (2) head of a shamisen or lute (bent back like a shrimp's tail)

煮頃鮒

see styles		 Japanese nigorobuna / にごろぶな
Yellow Vertical Wall Scroll

煮頃鮒
Custom Scroll

Japanese (kana only) Carassius auratus grandoculis (subspecies of goldfish)

金魚屋

see styles		 Japanese kingyoya / きんぎょや
Yellow Vertical Wall Scroll

金魚屋
Custom Scroll

Japanese goldfish seller (vendor)

金魚藻

金鱼藻

see styles		 Mandarin jīn yú zǎo / jin1 yu2 zao3
Taiwan chin yü tsao
Japanese kingyomo / きんぎょも
Yellow Vertical Wall Scroll

金魚藻
Custom Scroll

Chinese hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum)
Japanese (1) (colloquialism) (See 穂咲の総藻) Eurasian water milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum); (2) aquatic plants such as hornwort that are commonly used in goldfish tanks, etc.

金魚鉢

see styles		 Japanese kingyobachi / きんぎょばち
Yellow Vertical Wall Scroll

金魚鉢
Custom Scroll

Japanese goldfish bowl

かじき座

see styles		 Japanese kajikiza / かじきざ
Yellow Vertical Wall Scroll

かじき座
Custom Scroll

Japanese Dorado (constellation); the Goldfish; the Swordfish

テツギョ

see styles		 Japanese tetsugyo / テツギョ
Yellow Vertical Wall Scroll

テツギョ
Custom Scroll

Japanese (kana only) comet goldfish

ドラード

see styles		 Japanese doraado / dorado / ドラード
Yellow Vertical Wall Scroll

ドラード
Custom Scroll

Japanese (1) dorado (South American freshwater catfish, Salminus maxillosus); (2) dolphinfish; (3) (astron) Dorado (constellation); the Goldfish; the Swordfish

世間の目

see styles		 Japanese sekennome / せけんのめ
Yellow Vertical Wall Scroll

世間の目
Custom Scroll

Japanese (exp,n) spotlight; public eye; public's attention; goldfish bowl

似五郎鮒

see styles		 Japanese nigorobuna / にごろぶな
Yellow Vertical Wall Scroll

似五郎鮒
Custom Scroll

Japanese (kana only) Carassius auratus grandoculis (subspecies of goldfish)

金魚の糞

see styles		 Japanese kingyonofun;kingyonounko / kingyonofun;kingyononko / きんぎょのふん;きんぎょのうんこ
Yellow Vertical Wall Scroll

金魚の糞
Custom Scroll

Japanese (exp,n) (idiom) person who tags along; hanger-on; person who follows someone around like a shadow; clingy person; goldfish feces

金魚売り

see styles		 Japanese kingyouri / kingyori / きんぎょうり
Yellow Vertical Wall Scroll

金魚売り
Custom Scroll

Japanese goldfish peddling; goldfish peddler

金魚掬い

see styles		 Japanese kingyosukui / きんぎょすくい
Yellow Vertical Wall Scroll

金魚掬い
Custom Scroll

Japanese festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle

ニゴロブナ

see styles		 Japanese nigorobuna / ニゴロブナ
Yellow Vertical Wall Scroll

ニゴロブナ
Custom Scroll

Japanese (kana only) Carassius auratus grandoculis (subspecies of goldfish)

ランチュウ

see styles		 Japanese ranchuu / ranchu / ランチュウ
Yellow Vertical Wall Scroll

ランチュウ
Custom Scroll

Japanese (kana only) ranchu; variety of goldfish

蘭虫;蘭鋳

see styles		 Japanese ranchuu;ranchuu / ranchu;ranchu / らんちゅう;ランチュウ Japanese (kana only) ranchu; variety of goldfish

海老尾;蝦尾

see styles		 Japanese ebio;kairoubi(海老尾) / ebio;kairobi(海老尾) / えびお;かいろうび(海老尾) Japanese (1) (えびお only) goldfish with a shrimp-like tail; (2) head of a shamisen or lute (bent back like a shrimp's tail)

ドラド;ドラード

see styles		 Japanese dorado;doraado / dorado;dorado / ドラド;ドラード Japanese (1) dorado (South American freshwater catfish, Salminus maxillosus); (2) (See 鱰・しいら) dolphinfish; (3) {astron} Dorado (constellation); the Goldfish; the Swordfish

Many custom options...


Yellow Vertical Wall Scroll
Yellow Vertical Wall Scroll
Yellow Vertical Wall Scroll
Yellow Vertical Wall Scroll


And formats...

Yellow Vertical Portrait
Yellow Horizontal Wall Scroll
Yellow Vertical Portrait
Dictionary

Lookup Goldfish in my Japanese & Chinese Dictionary


The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji(Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Goldfish金魚
金鱼		kin gyo / kingyojīn yú / jin1 yu2 / jin yu / jinyuchin yü / chinyü
Yellow黃
黄		hon / kou / hon / ko / hon/kohuáng / huang2 / huang
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line.
In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.



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A professional Chinese Calligrapher

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A high-ranked Chinese master calligrapher that I met in Zhongwei

The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.


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