玄武

Chinese

		black; mysterious	martial; military
simp. and trad. (玄武)		玄	武

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xuánwǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ mou⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Xuánwǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyuanwuu
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴ mou⁵
  - Yale: yùhn móuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ mou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ mou⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ mou̯¹³/

Proper noun

玄武

(astronomy) the Black Turtle, a Chinese constellation making up one of the Four Symbols of Chinese astronomy
(feng shui) the Black Turtle, a representation of the element of water and direction north
Xuanwu, a Taoist god

Synonyms

北方玄武 (Běifāng Xuánwǔ) (turtle)

Hypernyms

四象

Hyponyms

斗 (dǒu), 斗宿 (Dǒuxiù)
牛 (niú), 牛宿 (Niúxiù)
女 (nǚ), 女宿 (Nǚxiù)
虛／虚 (xū), 虛宿／虚宿 (Xūxiù)
危 (wēi), 危宿 (wēixiù)
室 (shì), 室宿 (Shìxiù)
壁 (bì), 壁宿 (Bìxiù)

See also

二十八宿 (Èrshíbā Xiù)
白虎 (Bái Hǔ)
青龍／青龙 (qīnglóng)
朱雀 (zhūquè)

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
玄	武
げん Grade: S	む Grade: 5
on’yomi

Kanji in this term
玄	武
げん Grade: S	ぶ Grade: 5
on’yomi

From Chinese 玄武

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) げんぶ [géꜜǹbù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞mbɯ̟ᵝ]

Proper noun

玄武 (hiragana げんぶ, rōmaji Genbu, alternative reading げんむ, rōmaji Genmu)

Black Tortoise, one of the Four Symbols in the Chinese constellations

Coordinate terms

Noun

玄武 (hiragana げんぶ, rōmaji genbu)

black-armored warrior

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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