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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.
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.
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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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
緋目高 see styles |
himedaka;himedaka / ひめだか;ヒメダカ | (kana only) (See メダカ) himedaka; gold-colored breed of the Japanese rice fish (Oryzias latipes) |
ナゲット see styles |
nagetto / ナゲット | nugget (e.g. gold, chicken, fish) |
ヒメダカ see styles |
himedaka / ヒメダカ | (kana only) himedaka; gold-colored breed of the Japanese rice fish (Oryzias latipes) |
ルリハタ see styles |
rurihata / ルリハタ | (kana only) gold-ribbon grouper (species of fish, Aulacocephalus temmincki) |
瑠璃羽太 see styles |
rurihata;rurihata / るりはた;ルリハタ | (kana only) gold-ribbon grouper (species of fish, Aulacocephalus temmincki) |
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Goldfish | 金魚 金鱼 | kin gyo / kingyo | jīn yú / jin1 yu2 / jin yu / jinyu | chin yü / chinyü |
| Yellow | 黃 黄 | hon / kou / hon / ko / hon / ko | huáng / 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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