Etymology

shubunkin

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Today it means: A Japanese variety of goldfish Full definition →

Japanese 朱文金
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The story

  1. Japanese · borrowed from朱文金“shubunkin”
  2. English todayshubunkin

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 朱文金 (“shubunkin”), literally "red brocade".

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.