Etymology

touhou

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Today it means: A character from the Touhou series. Full definition →

Japanese 東方
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from東方
  2. English todayTouhou

Borrowed from Japanese 東方 (Tōhō, literally “eastern”). The video game series' name refers to the East Asian setting.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.