#13 He hoʻopaʻapaʻa hoʻi ke kumu o ka inoa o ka pua.
Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka huaʻōlelo "hin" mai ka ʻōlelo Kina kokoke i ka consonant ʻo ia hoʻi "ʻīlio". Wahi a kekahi mana'o'ē a'e, mai ka Japanese "kana", 'o ia ho'i "waiwai", "jewel", ka mea, ma ke ala, ua kūlike loa me kona kūlana ma nā'ōlelo kālā.
#14 Ua hōʻike mua ʻia ka pua ma kahi hōʻikeʻike ma Birmingham i ka makahiki 1873.
Ma ʻaneʻi ua ʻike ʻia ka hin ma lalo o ka inoa "Spaniel Iapana". Ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ua mālama ʻia kēia inoa no nā ʻīlio a hiki i ka makahiki 1977. Ua ʻike ka American Kennel Club i kēia ʻano ma lalo o kēia inoa i ka makahiki 1888.
#15 I nā makahiki 20 o ke kenekulia i hala, ua hoʻokō ʻia ka hana ʻōnaehana e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka ʻano o Japanese Chin.
Ma mua o ke Kaua Honua II, ua lawe ʻia ke koho ma nā ʻaoʻao he nui. ʻO nā ʻelele nui loa o ka pua i kapa ʻia ʻo Kobe, medium - Yamato, a aneane dwarf - edo. ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona o Chins hou e mālama i nā hiʻohiʻona o nā ʻano ʻīlio ʻekolu.